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The Old Neighborhood: A Novel (2014)

by Bill Hillmann(Favorite Author)

4.19 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1940430003 (ISBN13: 9781940430003)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Curbside Splendor Publishing

review 1: The description in this book is intensely vivid. Joe is an intriguing mix of hardness and the capacity to feel. I don't come from the streets of Chicago so I can't vouch for the accuracy, but it sure feels real. The complications, the situation that presents itself to the characters, how there are choices but so few available are good ones, it's a hell of a book. Powerful, you can see the humanity behind even the worst of the characters, why they do even the appalling things they do. There's some real fire inside.
review 2: This is a phenomenal novel. I won an ARC copy of this book in a goodreads give away and at first I was reluctant to read it because this is not the type of book that I normally read. However, I am so glad that I read it and I will be recomme... morending this novel to everyone. Prior to reading this book I didn't know much about Chicago or gangs, but this novel brought it all to life for me. This book kind of reminded me of The Outsiders be S.E. Hinton except with much more profanity, drugs, sex and graphic violence. Also, the setting is completely diferrent, but it captured that same angst and desire to fit in that all adolescents feel. I enjoyed it so much and I could hardly put it down. This is a truly great piece of literature. less

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