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Heart Of The City: Nine Stories Of Love And Serendipity On The Streets Of New York (2011)

by Ariel Sabar(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1441768351 (ISBN13: 9781441768353)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Blackstone Audiobooks

review 1: The research done for this book was even less elegantly incorporated than in MWF Seeking BFF. A big chunk of social and environmental psychology research at the beginning comes across almost like a paper I would have written for one of my undergrad courses. It's not bad, and it's relevant to the book's general thesis examining how public spaces and emotional states contribute to human connectedness, but it doesn't scream "Give me a National Book Award!" either. And once the nine stories begin, the research disappears until a brief concluding chapter - it brings to mind the research as the cheap bun intended only to get the BLT innards into your face without getting any on your shirt. The nine couples presented in the stories, however, are varied and fascinating. The s... moretories themselves are well-written, enjoyable, and intriguing. They are definitely worth reading. The book went by so fast, I wish Sabar had included more of them.
review 2: I love NYC and stories related to the city and this book was no exception.Overall, I loved it. Granted, some stories I liked more than others, but thought the author did a really good job of finding interesting couples who met in NYC over a period of several decades and in a variety of public places and circumstances.Like the real-life individuals in this book who met by accident, I found this book by accident, and was glad I did.I even liked the very technical, and bit too-long prologue in the beginning about how our physical environments affect and impact us -- how we act, how we treat others, etc.I'd recommend this. less

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