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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed this book. It made me think about the choices you make in life and what path that leads you down. Also, do you ever really know someone else.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It felt like I was reading from a female Nick Carraway.
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Read half of this and realised I didn't care what happened to anyone. Strange when I loved the characters in A Gentleman in Moscow!
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
medium-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Alcohol, Classism
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Abortion
I need to start this review by saying — literally Agatha Christie is the unintentional theme of my summer. If it’s not reading a mystery inspired by her, then it’s reading a book, such as Rules of Civility, where the main character loves her novels and spends the whole last 1/3 of the book gushing over Agatha Christie. I actually started laughing when I got to that section.
On to the review! I love Amir Towles. Although always the same genre — a blend of literary and historical fiction — his novels are so different in subject matter. They are not formulaic at all (actually the exact opposite of Ms. Christie). I started my Amor Towles journey in the middle, with A Gentleman in Moscow, followed by Lincoln Highway. Both were so good that I had to go back to the beginning and give his debut a try. So glad I did.
Eve and Katey are roommates in the tumultuous year of 1937, heading into 1938. They are surrounded by the upper echelon of Manhattan Society. On New Year’s Eve they find themselves intentionally holed up in a little jazz club where they intend to spend the nickels they’ve scraped together working in the steno pool of high powered law firms. By chance, they find themselves in the company of Tinker Grey, a gentleman of the finest quality, at first glance.
What follows is a year in the life of these women told through Katey’s point of view. The highs are extremely high and the lows even lower. It’s nothing short of a roller coaster as Katey and Eve navigate their way through the year. Running from club, to party, to expensive dinner, always with a martini at the ready, they figure out how to be their own woman in what is truly a man’s world.
My only complaint is that for a book that takes place during the Depression, there is a ton of wealth and very little in the way of a Grapes of Wrath vibe. Even with that… 5 stars.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
On to the review! I love Amir Towles. Although always the same genre — a blend of literary and historical fiction — his novels are so different in subject matter. They are not formulaic at all (actually the exact opposite of Ms. Christie). I started my Amor Towles journey in the middle, with A Gentleman in Moscow, followed by Lincoln Highway. Both were so good that I had to go back to the beginning and give his debut a try. So glad I did.
Eve and Katey are roommates in the tumultuous year of 1937, heading into 1938. They are surrounded by the upper echelon of Manhattan Society. On New Year’s Eve they find themselves intentionally holed up in a little jazz club where they intend to spend the nickels they’ve scraped together working in the steno pool of high powered law firms. By chance, they find themselves in the company of Tinker Grey, a gentleman of the finest quality, at first glance.
What follows is a year in the life of these women told through Katey’s point of view. The highs are extremely high and the lows even lower. It’s nothing short of a roller coaster as Katey and Eve navigate their way through the year. Running from club, to party, to expensive dinner, always with a martini at the ready, they figure out how to be their own woman in what is truly a man’s world.
My only complaint is that for a book that takes place during the Depression, there is a ton of wealth and very little in the way of a Grapes of Wrath vibe. Even with that… 5 stars.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️