Shanley's review
Windy City: A Novel of Politics
by Scott Simon
ooh, I saw this one in the WP book section and it has promise!
Shanley's review
Windy City: A Novel of Politics by Scott Simon
Shanley's review
rating:
recommended for: People who know and love Chicago
I wavered between three and four stars. It was an entertaining book, interesting, and I added a lot of new words to my vocabulary. Scott Simon is obviously a very intelligent, detail-oriented person with a vast imagination and great ability to multi-task and juggle so many storylines. The story was organized well and was vivid - as it should be, since it was described in such detail!
However. There were so many characters. So, so many. And we got to know them so well. (On the plus side, they were all very well developed!) It was hard to keep up with all of these people, especially when I only read for about 30 minutes at a time. The book takes place over 86 hours or so. This is the busiest, most detailed account of 86 hours that I have ever read. It was too much detail for me, personally. Remember in the Grapes of Wrath there was a whole chapter on a turtle crossing the road? In Windy City, there is a whole chapter (albeit small) about how cold it is in Chicago.
I thought the en...more
However. There were so many characters. So, so many. And we got to know them so well. (On the plus side, they were all very well developed!) It was hard to keep up with all of these people, especially when I only read for about 30 minutes at a time. The book takes place over 86 hours or so. This is the busiest, most detailed account of 86 hours that I have ever read. It was too much detail for me, personally. Remember in the Grapes of Wrath there was a whole chapter on a turtle crossing the road? In Windy City, there is a whole chapter (albeit small) about how cold it is in Chicago.
I thought the en...more
ooh, I saw this one in the WP book section and it has promise!
