A review by jessies
Surrender, New York by Caleb Carr

2.0

While I loved the Alienist and Angel of Darkness, I'm finding the installment difficult to get through. I think my biggest issue is Carr hasn't updated his language from the earlier turn of the century books. Dr. Jones could fit right in with Kreizler and Moore from the earlier books in terms of conversation. The modern setting makes some of the dialog almost painful, especially when a teen sleuth is added. Don't get me started on the cheetah. The last 25% of the book as really good, it was fast paced with interesting twists. The book suddenly turned from a screed on local politics into a noir out of nowhere. This actually lowered my overall opinion of the book, because I could see how great it could have been with some editing. I think the previous 400 pages could have easily been cut in half, and this would have been a great 350 page book instead of a slog of a 600 page tome.