A review by thisotherbookaccount
Cold Spring Harbor by Richard Yates

3.0

Every time I read a book by Richard Yates these days, my heart breaks a little — not because the story or characters affected me in a particular way, but because I see what Yates was trying to do over and over again. With every subsequent book after Revolutionary Road, Yates tried to capture the same lightning in a bottle. While The Easter Parade was a good attempt, every other book that I have read of his just can't seem to measure up to the raw power of Revolutionary Road, his debut novel. Unfortunately, Cold Spring Harbor, to me, is one of Yates' lesser works.