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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
This was our August 2008 neighborhood book club selection, but I didn't manage to finish reading it until mid-September.
I enjoyed the book, but found both the beginning and the ending to be a bit slow. I feel like a more aggressive approach to editing would have improved the overall feel of the book - it dragged on a bit in places. I probably would have set this book aside, except a fellow book club member said that it improved after the first 60 pages or so. He was right, the middle of the book was well-written and quite interesting.
I've always found alternate-history books to be enjoyable reading and this was no exception, the challenges presented by the premise of the history proposed by the book were intriguing.
I enjoyed the book, but found both the beginning and the ending to be a bit slow. I feel like a more aggressive approach to editing would have improved the overall feel of the book - it dragged on a bit in places. I probably would have set this book aside, except a fellow book club member said that it improved after the first 60 pages or so. He was right, the middle of the book was well-written and quite interesting.
I've always found alternate-history books to be enjoyable reading and this was no exception, the challenges presented by the premise of the history proposed by the book were intriguing.