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A review by neerajams
Lush Life by Richard Price
3.0
I read this book so quickly - found it to be a total page-turner, fell into Price's characters and dialogue so easily, and got all nostalgic for my old New York neighborhood, where this book takes place.
Beyond enjoying it in the moment (on a Caribbean beach - not tough to enjoy!), I'm not going to give it much thought. It consistently felt like there was an opportunity to do more with this story - draw more conclusions about gentrification and its impact on neighborhoods and people, better highlight the systems and incentives that lead to police over-reach...those themes were there, but always tangential. I think further exploring those would have added more meaning to what was essentially the book version of a good Law & Order episode.
Beyond enjoying it in the moment (on a Caribbean beach - not tough to enjoy!), I'm not going to give it much thought. It consistently felt like there was an opportunity to do more with this story - draw more conclusions about gentrification and its impact on neighborhoods and people, better highlight the systems and incentives that lead to police over-reach...those themes were there, but always tangential. I think further exploring those would have added more meaning to what was essentially the book version of a good Law & Order episode.