esselleayy's review
3.0
Not the best book ever, but I never knew about El-Rukn and the Libyan connection. Interesting stuff.
mscarle's review against another edition
4.0
Cruising for a five star but a rushed last third/quarter hurt it. Exhaustive for the 60s through the 80s, it kind of blasted through the last 20-30 years.
geriatricgretch's review
4.0
This book was almost perfect (and might be perfect for another reader). Well paced, accessible, informative, well-researched. There's some folksiness to the writing that grates at some of my training, but it doesn't at all take away from the book itself. The only part I really didn't enjoy was the sort of sanctimonious discussion by one of the authors about his recent work with this group at the very end of the book. It very much veered away from the objective story/history that was going on up until this point.
BUT overall really excellent and important part of Chicago history.
Edited also to add that while the authors seemed to try, there was very little information about what any sort of day-to-day experience was like for the young men involved in this group and shockingly almost nothing at all about any women that were involved (this could have been lack of available information, not willful neglect on the authors' parts).
BUT overall really excellent and important part of Chicago history.
Edited also to add that while the authors seemed to try, there was very little information about what any sort of day-to-day experience was like for the young men involved in this group and shockingly almost nothing at all about any women that were involved (this could have been lack of available information, not willful neglect on the authors' parts).
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