Title: Forever
Author: Pete Hamill
Pages: 608
Grade: A-/B+
Summary: (Publisher's Note)
Moving from Ireland to New York City in 1741, Cormac O'Connor witnesses the city's transformation into a thriving metropolis while he explores the mysteries of time, loss, and love.
My thoughts: It's a smart tale...that was really at its best, for me.... when Cormac was really living a life. I loved the beginning. The small boy growing up in Ireland. I loved his encounter with the Countess. And I loved the ending. The pace was nice at these points and I was completely enthralled. But this story, though revolving around Cormac becomes so much more once he reaches New York. It becomes in even more ways a tale about Manhattan. And even knowing that it was going to reach the year 2001...there is something about reading something like that...in a book...that just pulls you back to where you were at that moment. The description is raw, frightful, everything that you know it was. Hmm, sometimes books you find for three dollars are more than worth it. =)
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