Posted as part of the United States of Books blogging project -- check out my blog for a longer, more rambly and personal version of this post It is just daunting to try to talk about this book -- especially in something that'd make a decent-length blog post and not a full-fledged dissertation. E...
When it comes to story and characters, Empire Falls is a fine read. The setting and the language are good. I was certainly enveloped in the town of Empire Falls and the characters it was peopled with. Also, I liked the narrative as it rotated through the various perspectives. What I did not like abo...
This started with a slog of a prologue (done completely in hard-to-read italics) setting up the cliche of the EVIL rich person running and ruining a small town--Empire Falls, Maine. Past that though the novel was mostly focused and seen through the point of view of the sympathetic, though passive,...
I grew up in a small town where I knew the majority of its residents or if not the faces were familiar. I was known mostly by association and not my name. A granddaughter of a lifelong member and still current resident (at 94 years old) of the same small town. Suffice it to say, because of this, I w...
This is the story of Empire Falls and all that makes up a small town; first in times of prosperity and then as the town falls in on itself in leaner times. Interesting, complex characters, most of whom are likable in spite of their flaws.This book is worth reading, if only to read Russo's summary of...
Any Small Northeast Town, USAPicture of a decaying Maine town, expertly drawn. A sense of fatalism runs through the book--not a happy and uplifting read, but powerful. Nobody does depressed small NE towns better than Russo.
I started writing a review about 4 times. It doesn't work. I just loved it. It's perfect. The setting, the plot, the characters, each and every one of them. And Miles, I fell for you. Big time.
Although Empire Falls is slightly overloaded with plot twists (but not as plot-heavy as Dickens, after all), it's the most enjoyable novel I've read so far this year.All the characters are distinctly depicted, including the secondary ones. For example, it's clear that all three generations of Mintys...
Russo delicately weaves together the stories of the residents of a small town in Maine struggling through economic downtimes. Russo's characters are complex, his prose is warm and his plot is intriguing without being too convoluted or self-important. One of the best books I have ever read, I couldn'...
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