renee_pompeii's review against another edition
1.0
Mamet is too smart and literary for my plebian self. Boooo.
susannes_pagesofcrime's review against another edition
1.0
I started reading this last year, got to about 85 pages done and put it down, it was annoying me. It has been sitting on my shelf ever since and I just had to be done with it so I picked it up again and ploughed through it.....I shouldn't have bothered.
A lot of reviewers say it is dialogue heavy, which is true, what a lot of them don't say is that the dialogue is so unrealistic it is ridiculous, confusing and frustrating. It is also pretty repetitive and doesn't live up to the expectation of being a great gangster tale full of jazz.
A lot of reviewers say it is dialogue heavy, which is true, what a lot of them don't say is that the dialogue is so unrealistic it is ridiculous, confusing and frustrating. It is also pretty repetitive and doesn't live up to the expectation of being a great gangster tale full of jazz.
teejayniu's review against another edition
1.0
I did not finish this one. It was a frustrating read. It's very dialogue heavy, which would be fine, but the dialogue is awkward and unrealistic. It took far too long to glean some semblance of a story and by then I was just annoyed. I enjoy some of David Mamet's other work, but after a couple hours in on this one, I just was not enjoying it.
e_flah's review against another edition
1.0
This is a meandering tale about reporters, murders, and the mob. It wants to be a thriller but moves too slowly to generate suspense. The story is told primarily through dialogue between the main character, Mike, and his friend Parlow with little to no exposition.
If you don't mind your historical fiction with a heavy dose of what I can only call Literary Elements then perhaps Chicago is for you. As it is, I finished the story frustrated and wishing I'd just read a Raymond Chandler novel instead.
If you don't mind your historical fiction with a heavy dose of what I can only call Literary Elements then perhaps Chicago is for you. As it is, I finished the story frustrated and wishing I'd just read a Raymond Chandler novel instead.
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