North River

I knew before I finished that I would score this one 5 stars. It's a love story, but so much more than a love story. Dr. Jim Delaney and Ruth Verga are people you would be proud to know. Not because they are such perfect people (they're not) but because deep down they are good, honest, and courageou......more

This book was strange for me. It was interesting enough that I wanted to keep reading it, but when I finished I realized it wasn't really that good. I think the problem for me was that the book seemed like it was leading up to something really big. I kept waiting and waiting for it, but it turned ou......more

With rich characters and a treatment of setting that drops you into time and place perfectly, it's hard to see what some readers aren't liking about this book. I guess they were hoping for something more plot-driven with big twists or some kind of wild climax. I suspect they are hoping for something......more

Pete Hamill’s novel, “North River,” Is not what I would consider “HIGH LITERATURE.” It is not the Bronte sisters, Jane Austen, Conrad, Joyce, Toni Morrison, or the poets Byron and Yeats who Mr. Hamill mentions throughout the book. (Byron is my favorite poet of all times, and Yeats is my favorite poe......more

After reading this book I closed it and made a fart noise. Boring. I gave it two stars because it at least had enough plot to get me through to the end. And it drove me crazy how the main characters kept referring to the grandson as "the boy" and "boy". Who does that in real life?......more