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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
adventurous
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Katey is exceptionally likable and the writing is beautifully done.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Funny, sometimes sad, lots of mentions of writers like Dickens, Agatha Christie,, Thoreau, Henry James, and Hemingway. But at it's core I would say the book felt a little bit stilted. I didn't enjoy it as much as a gentleman in Moscow, though it was written in a very similar style
I get the sense that nothing truly terrible ever happens in amor towels life, because his characters kind of skate around and party it up with pithiness. This is despite the fact that they are grappling with lifes great questions, it just feels very... Not sure about the word, maybe life affirming. I think it's a very middle class book.
Doesnt make it bad, just doesn't make it great.
Synopsis: Katy kontent is a young woman living in New York in the 1930s. She meets a man named tinker grey and somewhat falls for him, but he ends up with her friend Eve after they get into a car accident and eve is injured.
After that Katey gets a job at conde nast, hooks up with tinker, dumps him after finding out he was a boy toy for an older woman, then finds out she got the conde nast job because of the same woman. She eventually married a man Ned Val and looked back on tinker to find out he has gone back to a life of poverty.
I get the sense that nothing truly terrible ever happens in amor towels life, because his characters kind of skate around and party it up with pithiness. This is despite the fact that they are grappling with lifes great questions, it just feels very... Not sure about the word, maybe life affirming. I think it's a very middle class book.
Doesnt make it bad, just doesn't make it great.
Synopsis: Katy kontent is a young woman living in New York in the 1930s. She meets a man named tinker grey and somewhat falls for him, but he ends up with her friend Eve after they get into a car accident and eve is injured.
After that Katey gets a job at conde nast, hooks up with tinker, dumps him after finding out he was a boy toy for an older woman, then finds out she got the conde nast job because of the same woman. She eventually married a man Ned Val and looked back on tinker to find out he has gone back to a life of poverty.
A new favorite! The author did an amazing job transporting me to 1938 and giving the feel of New York at that time. VERY intelligently written and captivating. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys historical fiction. Cannot wait to see what Towles writes next.
challenging
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I picked up this book because I LOVED this author’s book, A Gentleman in Moscow. I didn’t love this one, but I did like it. This book didn’t have as much going on as far as plot. You are following a girl through her life, career, and relationships in NYC in the 1930s. A slow, intriguing, and thoughtful book.
The narrator’s voice droned on, and on, and on. The beginning and middle parts were ok at most, by the end the narration became vaguely interesting-ish white noise.
I came to Rules of Civility after reading, and loving, Amor Towles' A Gentleman in Moscow so it was a little dogged by the comparison. While I enjoyed it immensely, I have a hunch I would have really loved it if I was coming to it fresh. There was something about Katey Kontent's character that didn't sit quite right - and I was continually thinking "His Count character was more believable". That said, I found it a delightful romp and can't wait to see its witty dialogue and lavish 1930s New York adapted into a movie. Light literary escapism.