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Title: The Five Points by Rocco Dormarunno ISBN: 0-595-20446-5 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: A Fresh Take on a Notorious Neighborhood
Comment: When viewed through R. Dormarunno's 19th century lens, life in 21st century NYC sure seems TAME! I liked these combined two separate (albeit related) novellas.

This volume will go on my shelf next to Caleb Carr's "The Alienist," Tyler Anbinder's "Five Points" and Herbert Asbury's "Gangs of New York." Next up for me is David Carlyon's new "Dan Rice" bio!

Rating: 4
Summary: Scary
Comment: There's a lot in these two novellas that seem too strange, too scary to believe that it really happened. But I had read two of Caleb Carr's fictional books on New York history and seen the History Channel's documentary on The Five Points, and it turns out that a lot of the horrible situations that this book covers is maybe only a little exaggerated. I liked the author's style; he's a little removed from the horrors but when things turn out well for some characters, he wants you to celebrate with him. There are some memorable scenes and sometimes it seems like the parts are better than the whole. Still, there's a reward at the end of each story that makes it all worthwhile. The book ends very abruptly. I think he [the author] is getting us ready for a follow-up. If there is one, I will buy it.

Rating: 5
Summary: Spellbinding
Comment: A poignant look into one of history's most squalid of settlements. Spellbinding to the last; Dormarunno's gripping narrative ushers us through the gaslit streets of the lower east side at a charged pace. Like its city, the story never sleeps.

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