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Title: The Rackets by Thomas Kelly ISBN: 0-452-28326-4 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 28 May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (12 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing Second Novel From New York Writer
Comment: Frankly, I was disappointed by "The Rackets". Thomas Kelly is an engaging writer with a fairly unique view of New York City and its social components, with an easy-to-read style and a healthy sense of social commentary. Unfortunately, he has major difficulty in resolving his plotlines; Kelly's means of wrapping things up is to start eliminating major characters, and not peacefully, either. This "last man standing" approach to writing was also evident in his previous work "Payback", another engrossing novel that falls apart towards the end.
Kelly is clearly an ambitious novelist, and we could sorely use a great urban novel for our time. "The Rackets" is not that book. One hopes that Kelly continues to grow as a writer because he certainly possesses an interesting voice. He seems to know and understand the world of which he writes, and his characters are engaging and believable. If only he could figure out where to take them in his stories.
Rating: 5
Summary: a hypnotizing read
Comment: Tom Kelly's characters are so real I expected them to jump off the pages of The Rackets and stick a gun to my head - or at least ask for my vote. I picked up the book after a long trip at ten o'clock one recent morning. I didn't put it down until I was finished reading it twelve hours later. And I didn't want it to end - the ultimate sign of a great story.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hey;I really enjoyed it!
Comment: This book grabbed my attention and held it to the end.Another reviewer rated it low saying he much preferred Tom Wofe's "Bonfire of the Vanities" which I gave up on half way through.So;I guess how good a book is depends on the reader.I doubt that my English teacher would agree with me;but then again it wasn't he who inspired my love of reading.I worked in Lower Manhattan in the early 70's and this book brought back a lot of memories.Kelly has also portrayed the Irish blue collar and middle class culture of NY very well.There may be some things that were not entirely factual;but so what! I've read Tyler Anbinder's "Five Points" and have seen "The Gangs of New York"and I guess one might say the same about them.Remember,this is a novel written to hold one's intrest,not a history book to record facts.
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Title: A Cold Case by Philip Gourevitch ISBN: 0312420021 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Bleachers by John Grisham ISBN: 0385511612 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Angels & Demons by Dan Brown ISBN: 0671027360 Publisher: Pocket Star Books Pub. Date: 26 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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