A review by readers_block
Forever by Pete Hamill
4.0
3.5/5
Cormac O'Connor is granted immortal life after leaving Ireland in the 1700s. The only catch is he must stay on the island of New York.
This reminded me a lot of Winters Tale by Mark Helperin (though I liked that one better). As someone who lives in the city and loves it here more than anywhere else on earth, I just loved watching Cormac go through the various periods of time. I honestly wished there was more detail on certain periods. It begins with (in my opinion) entirely too much backstory in Ireland, so you don't get to NYC until a few hundred pages in.
As echoed in a lot of the other reviews, I liked the concept of this book better than I liked the execution of it.
Cormac O'Connor is granted immortal life after leaving Ireland in the 1700s. The only catch is he must stay on the island of New York.
This reminded me a lot of Winters Tale by Mark Helperin (though I liked that one better). As someone who lives in the city and loves it here more than anywhere else on earth, I just loved watching Cormac go through the various periods of time. I honestly wished there was more detail on certain periods. It begins with (in my opinion) entirely too much backstory in Ireland, so you don't get to NYC until a few hundred pages in.
As echoed in a lot of the other reviews, I liked the concept of this book better than I liked the execution of it.