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Triburbia (2012)

by Karl Taro Greenfeld(Favorite Author)

3.2 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0062132393 (ISBN13: 9780062132390)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Harper

review 1: Good book written as a series of intertwined stories about a bunch of families living in Tribeca. Specifically they're families that are not bankers or lawyers, so they stick together as a result of their sticking out. Anyways, it was very good, with each chapter starting out slowly, but growing more compelling as you read on. Maybe I took too long to read it (maybe two weeks?) but it was hard remembering all the various people and what (and who) they'd done towards the end. Nonetheless, a pretty good book if you enjoy stories set in NY neighborhoods.
review 2: Muddled. I'm sure the author has talent, judging by a handful of well-written scenes, but this kind of story loses me, quickly. The same thing happened for me with A Visit from the Goon Squad. Fract... moreuring any narrative by jumping into the perspectives of all the main characters... killing any interest or identification each time... I think I just hate that mode of storytelling. And this really dragged. No adulatory blurb on the cover, and it's about yuppie parents in Tribeca? I should have known better. less

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