The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) in Around the World in 80 Books

Nov 06, 2016 Astrid Lim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: america, twist, thriller-mystery, new-york, dramatic, contemporary, psychology

It takes me a while to finish this book, because apparently this book is not like what I've imagined before. I hoped for thriller/mystery, stories full of suspense with New York City as the wonderful setting. But turned out, this book is more like "post-modern" blabla that I don't really get. Call me a conventional reader, I love good ol mysteries more than some pretentious stories full of symbols, identity searching and all of the crazy batsh*t. But... in its time (during the 80s), this trilogy ...more

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Nov 14, 2008 Jen rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, murders-mysteries-thrills, new-york, zz2008-read, other-realms, ugh, short-stories

I really wanted to like this book because I loved the movie "Smoke," which Auster had written. Alas, no such luck. I found it a rather tedious read consisting of pointless mind games, leaving me to think that Auster must have a lot of experience of being alone and driving himself crazy with his own thoughts. I get enough of that at home with my own brain, thank you. ...more

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Mar 18, 2018 Andy Plonka rated it really liked it

Shelves: src

The third book of the trilogy was far and away the best.It is a little unsettling to have the author put a character with his own name in the narrative but Auster seems to have made it work.

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May 25, 2018 Ryan rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, 2018

I can't help but feel like these are three stories I'm going to come back to often - sorbets and palette cleansers to help me through some heavy meals.

Also, I need to read more Auster ...more

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