Review: Sunset Park

Readers accustomed to Paul Auster's complex narrative puzzles in novels like ORACLE NIGHT and MAN IN THE DARK will need to put aside their preconceptions when they pick up his latest work, a quiet, deceptively simple exploration of the lives of a small group of damaged souls, “hanging on by a thread,” as Auster described them in a recent interview. When we meet Miles Heller in 2008, he's at Ground ... Read full review

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Un momento de furor cambiar la vida de toda una familia. Muy buen desarrollo de los personajes con un cierto carácter crítico con las mujeres de ésta historia.
Vale la pena leerlo.

no es de los mejores

A very interesting read. There are some aspects of it that I liked, but there were definitely some things I wasn't a fan of. The story itself was great. It was a departure from my normal read, but a story worth the read.
One thing I did not like at all was his lack of using quotation marks. Now I know this may sound petty, but I had the hardest time when conversations flowing figuring out who was doing the talking. You never know what you are missing, until you trying reading a book without them - it was rough.
The ending - without spoiling the book, I did not enjoy. It was one of those books that cuts off to soon and could have gone on for just a bit longer. I got attached to the main character - Miles Heller and I wanted to see him through the struggles that he has to face in the book.
As to who I would recommend this book to - definitely my adult readers, there is some sexual language that at times was a little harsh.  

Review: Sunset Park

SPOILER ALERT: Is it just me, or did Paul Auster write two thirds of a book? He's created a more populous novel than usual, and manages to supply satisfying narrative arcs for the majority of those ... Read full review

Review: Sunset Park

Sunset Park is the name, and squatting is the game. Paul Auster has been a favorite of mine. I enjoyed both Brooklyn Follies and Book of Illusions. Sunset Park, however, is something of a low point ... Read full review

Review: Sunset Park

A story told mostly in flashback and occurring mainly in the minds of the characters is not an engaging one, even though the characters and their individual circumstances may be. I was disappointed in ... Read full review

Review: Sunset Park

Paul Auster can write one hell of a book like 'The Book of Illusions", where I would mention the fictional actor to friends, and they would believe me (as I think about it, they probably think I am ... Read full review

Review: Sunset Park

In his latest novel, Sunset Park, Paul Auster uses the housing crash and economic meltdown of 2008 as his backdrop. He opens the novel with a character working to “trash out” foreclosed houses ... Read full review

Review: Sunset Park

Paul Auster is a wonderful writer. This novel revolves around Miles Heller. When he is 16, Miles and his stepbrother Bobby are arguing, and Miles shoves Bobby down on to a road. Bobby is run over by a ... Read full review