A review by graziapatrizia
The Axeman's Jazz by Ray Celestin

4.0

I randomly bought this book because it seemed interesting, but I didn't expect to love it as much as I did. Diving into early 1900 New Orleans with all its problems and dark and colorful ambience was a wild ride and I enjoyed every second of it. Celestin did a great job at setting the scenes and telling a story from a time so different from ours, but maybe that's just what we want to believe. The beginning was a bit slow and I didn't fully get immersed into it, but after some things started to align and the connections between the characters started to make sense I couldn't put it down. What was fascinating to me is how he told the same story from three people's point of views, while the information was all connected every person told the story of a different side eventually creating one big picture - three sides of the same coin. Overall a great book, would give it 4.5 starts if I could.