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A review by keitto
New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
5.0
Thanks to Jenny K. for putting this on my radar!
Really enjoyable "read" (I listened to 80% of it, but also had a paper copy to read a few times). Fascinating to learn little tidbits of New York history, let alone review parts of American history I should know (e.g. the Revolutionary War) or knew a little about before and got to learn more about (e.g. the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire). I laughed. I cried. This had it all.
If I had one complaint, it would be that there were too many white male characters. BUT, I see why the author did this. White male characters would have had the most agency, if trying to be historically accurate, as they had an ability to control their lives in a way that women and minorities in the United States wouldn't have had the power to do. But it was still kind of irksome.
Really enjoyable "read" (I listened to 80% of it, but also had a paper copy to read a few times). Fascinating to learn little tidbits of New York history, let alone review parts of American history I should know (e.g. the Revolutionary War) or knew a little about before and got to learn more about (e.g. the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire). I laughed. I cried. This had it all.
If I had one complaint, it would be that there were too many white male characters. BUT, I see why the author did this. White male characters would have had the most agency, if trying to be historically accurate, as they had an ability to control their lives in a way that women and minorities in the United States wouldn't have had the power to do. But it was still kind of irksome.