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A review by watson_face
New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
4.0
4 1/2 stars!
A truly wonderful novel of New York that follows the fictitious Master family from the time the Dutch landed in what we now know as common day Manhattan on through the centuries until about 2009ish. It is rich with history, reintroducing us to many people we have encountered through our studies in school and giving them a voice and a part to play with the Masters. I spent a very long time with Rutherfurd’s book, really immersing myself in the culture and politics of old New York. I sometimes found myself sad when it was time to move on to a different generation of Masters since I felt a strong connection with a few of the characters. It is not only about one family but also the other people in New York they interact with and sometimes both worlds may collide decades later down the road.
Fascinating and wonderfully written, I really loved watching the development of the greatest city on earth. I would give this 5 stars but there were big gaps in between generations at times and that left me wanting more which is honestly ridiculous because the story is 850 pages long already. This book is good enough that if it were another 850 pages, I would have committed myself to New York all over again.
A truly wonderful novel of New York that follows the fictitious Master family from the time the Dutch landed in what we now know as common day Manhattan on through the centuries until about 2009ish. It is rich with history, reintroducing us to many people we have encountered through our studies in school and giving them a voice and a part to play with the Masters. I spent a very long time with Rutherfurd’s book, really immersing myself in the culture and politics of old New York. I sometimes found myself sad when it was time to move on to a different generation of Masters since I felt a strong connection with a few of the characters. It is not only about one family but also the other people in New York they interact with and sometimes both worlds may collide decades later down the road.
Fascinating and wonderfully written, I really loved watching the development of the greatest city on earth. I would give this 5 stars but there were big gaps in between generations at times and that left me wanting more which is honestly ridiculous because the story is 850 pages long already. This book is good enough that if it were another 850 pages, I would have committed myself to New York all over again.