Rules of Civility: A NovelI knocked this down to 4 stars just because it felt like it was missing something, I'm not sure exactly what. A little more story to connect some of the secondary characters maybe. I felt like I was missing out on some of their bonds, which is weird for such a character driven story.
That's the bad. The good is almost enough to just bump it up to 5 anyway. It's the style here. The writing. The way you feel like you're really in NYC in the late 30s. Not many books can truly make you feel like this is all authentic instead of some writer's imagination. This book is one that feels real.
The story is basically just a few years in the life of Katey. That's it. A young lady just trying to make it (and preferably get ahead) in the city of NY during some rocky times. We meet her friends, her loves, her co-workers. We surely all have that (at least) one person in our life that gets described as a real character. That is all of the people connected to Katey, each in different ways.
Story wise it's not bad. Style wise it really is one of the best books I have read in awhile.
