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Silver Lake (2009)

by Peter Gadol(Favorite Author)

3.37 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0982520905 (ISBN13: 9780982520901)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Tyrus Books

review 1: Too many pet peeves for me to enjoy this book at all. From comma abuse, to run-on sentences, to a false ending (oh, please never do this!), to misplaced words and phrases, to rambling descriptions, internal monologues, and side trips that had little to nothing to do with the main story, I couldn't stay lost in this tale. The first rule of a good book (in my opinion) is suspending disbelief, and that simply wouldn't happen with Silver Lake.I must say, I do like a good depressing story, and this was sad, but it was also frustrating because for most of the book I couldn't have told you the theme of the story. I didn't grow to care about the characters -- Carlo with his silence and guilty conscious deserved worse, and Robbie was, well, over the top with his painful optimism, b... moreordering on naivity -- so it was hard to feel for their pains. I did like Tom, as odd as he was, I could believe in him. He was real. And I liked Jay, another side character. But these two couldn't carry the story.Overall, while free, I couldn't recommend this writing style or story.
review 2: I finished this book today and I really liked it. Peter Gadol's writing is hard to describe...simple, yet descriptive. Particularly when he writes about scene settings and moods. I wasn't even looking to buy a book the day I picked this up. The cover drew me in first, and I read a page at the bookstore and I was intrigued with it...in a very simple, comfortable kind of way...I just wanted to see where the story was going to lead. This book weaves an intricate story and tells how so many things can be connected by just one event. It's mysterious and you just don't know how things will end up, or where it's all going until the very end. Set in Silver Lake California, also made it enjoyable for me.Charters: Carlo, Robbie, Tom, Jay, Gabrielle, Carlos' dad. Favorite line from the book: "What a rare phenomenon it was to run into one's spouse out in the world". less

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