A review by lportx
New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd

3.0

I don’t know why this wasn’t obvious to me before picking up this book, but here was my issue: because the book spans 400 years, you get to know a character for about 100-200 pages then adios. To me, this resulted in a disjointed reading experience which I did not really love. As a result it took me forever to read the book, I kept putting it down and was not motivated to continue to read.

I found the prose a little too simple and straightforward.

However, it was fun to picture New York in its various states of development. I will credit the author with his research and weaving major city events in with the lives of the characters.