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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
You don’t need to remember the first book, but it would probably help to hit the ground running. It took me some time to get back into the story since I had read the first one too far away from the second.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
funny
Thank you, NetGalley, for an advance copy of this book! The following views and opinions are solely mine.
First take: I don’t read enough to read this book.
Second take: I should reread Harlem Shuffle
Third take: Do I like this book?
Fourth take: I like this.
I’m obsessed with Colson as a human and a writer, but what I find is that this book, and Harlem Shuffle, are hard for me to start. It is such a vastly different world than what I can even compare in my head that it takes time for me to fully understand the story at play. 1971 NYC is not somewhere I’ve been….NYC is not somewhere I’ve been. But this is the magic of these two novels - I can say that in some abstract way, I HAVE.
Ray and his furniture store with his mix of contacts and this past Harlem I don’t know…a tremendous second part in Ray’s story, and here’s hoping that he takes us to the NYC of the 80’s next. I can see the bridge of Harlem Shuffle and Crook Manifesto, and cannot wait to see where the story with Ray ends. Dear I say….he’s endearing? Captured a piece of my soul? Am I rooting for him?! To the reviewer that said the fried chicken heist was your favorite….you nailed it!
First take: I don’t read enough to read this book.
Second take: I should reread Harlem Shuffle
Third take: Do I like this book?
Fourth take: I like this.
I’m obsessed with Colson as a human and a writer, but what I find is that this book, and Harlem Shuffle, are hard for me to start. It is such a vastly different world than what I can even compare in my head that it takes time for me to fully understand the story at play. 1971 NYC is not somewhere I’ve been….NYC is not somewhere I’ve been. But this is the magic of these two novels - I can say that in some abstract way, I HAVE.
Ray and his furniture store with his mix of contacts and this past Harlem I don’t know…a tremendous second part in Ray’s story, and here’s hoping that he takes us to the NYC of the 80’s next. I can see the bridge of Harlem Shuffle and Crook Manifesto, and cannot wait to see where the story with Ray ends. Dear I say….he’s endearing? Captured a piece of my soul? Am I rooting for him?! To the reviewer that said the fried chicken heist was your favorite….you nailed it!
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
adventurous
funny
reflective
adventurous
challenging
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The audiobook narrator was amazing. The plot can be tricky to follow as it bounces around Harlem’s criminal underworld introducing each new character and backstory. A darkly funny exploration of systemic corruption.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Torture, Murder
Minor: Domestic abuse