Log in with Facebook 
Someone gave me a copy of this book when I was a kid and I remembered liking it. It's got some good sports writing (the author clearly knows basketball). The book deals with prejudice and puberty in ways that are interesting and serve the story.
Someone gave me a copy of this book when I was a kid and I remembered liking it. It's got some good sports writing (the author clearly knows basketball). The book deals with prejudice and puberty in ways that are interesting and serve the story.
I really don't know what to say about this book, I was really looking forward to it and it totally let me down. I really didn't like any of the characters, and I felt it took a really long time to get to the plot. I was so bored that I found myself skipping ahead, just so I could get to the end. And I didn't know it wasn't a standalone, so it surprised me, when just as it was starting to get interesting, the book was done. And I just have no desire to pick up the next book, to find out what happens next. I still think I might be being nice given the book 2 1/2 stars.
Bradstreet Gate by Robin Kirman was a nice change of character writing from the other books I have read recently. Each character allowed us to go back into past and navigate through their current situations without giving too much away or having a nice bow tied at the end. I know a lot of readers do not want a left open ending, but I for one do not mind being led to an open door of possibilities of what might have happened at the end.
Charlie, Georgia, and Alice meet at Harvard and all come from very different backgrounds. Charlie strives to be like his favorite professor, Storrow, while Georgia, his secret crush, is sleeping with Storrow. The only issue is that Alice finds out all the juicy details on her own during a very important time their senior year when a fellow classmate is found dead.
Kirman takes you through loops and swirls of their tainted relationships all the while the characters are trying to figure out who they are even 10 years since graduation.
If you want a happy ending, don't read this book. Because it is left up to the imagination. But if you want a very well-written novel that has character profile's exquisitely thought out, then please read Bradstreet Gate.
I received this book for free from Blogging for Books for this review.
For a star rating and a review please visit InD'tale magazine online, Dec/Jan 2015/16 issue. http://indtale.com/reviews/contemporary/see-you-soon-broadway
This is a hard book to categorize. I realize it's a work of fiction and that I have to suspend disbelief but as a CR novel it's completely unrealistic. The characters are cliches and Tim's professional life is completely implausible. The book came across as farcical as I read it. And yet....I laughed throughout the entire book. We're talking snorting, almost pee yourself belly laughter. There is one scene where Tim manscapes for the first time and omg...go to the bathroom before you get to that scene. It's freaking hilarious. So 4 stars for making me laugh so much, I will certainly remember this book.
