City on Fire (Paperback)

from wellreadcatlady

Whew! What a long book. City on Fire involves a lot of characters in the mid 70s in New York and how their lives intertwine around a young woman's shooting on New Years before and after. I give it 3.5 stars, I liked a lot about this book, the plot is detailed and interesting, but it can be slow m...

from lisapeet

FINALLY finished, and I just didn't love it. There were parts I liked a lot and parts I liked a bit and parts that I thought were really overwritten and/or overwrought, but that's the thing-too many parts, not enough whole. And at 900 pages, that gets frustrating. I liked his use of language for ...

from Lirmac

Brilliantly written evocation of New York in the 1970s featuring a large and diverse cast of characters, each of whom seems a living creation. While most of the book is fantastic, its conclusion is a disappointment. City on Fire seems to be heading towards something cathartic or profound, but sad...

from msf59

New York City: Summer of 1977. It was a season of sweltering temps, blackouts and a killer named Son of Sam. The city was a powder-keg. It is also the backdrop to this massive novel, which is centered around the shooting of a young girl in Central Park and a wealthy family named, Hamilton-Sweeney...

from Hccpsk

I need to say that I did not finish this book, but I feel my time into it warrants a rating. It is not often that you can be 400+ pages into a book and realize that A) You are only halfway through and B) You do not care what happens because C) Nothing has happened yet. There is nothing wrong with...