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A review by icalyn_13
Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob by Dick Lehr
3.0
Frustrating, yet fascinating, read. First and foremost, I suck with names in real life and when reading, so when you have as many people involved as in this story, I nearly need a hint about who they are talking about, like Bob (FBI Boss). I hate having to flip to the front of the book, find the name, remember who they are and why they are important, and then reestablish where I was before I got lost. Secondly, as I said in one of my updates: give me the story in near or chronological order please.
Overall thoughts: it started really well. I was intrigued right off the bat with the first chapter, and then I started to struggle a bit with the lack of chronological order and the sheer number of names. In the middle of the book, I was really not enjoying it because it was getting repetitive in my mind, but maybe I was just confusing characters. Then, when the poo hit the fan, I was hooked. The trial, the escape - that was amazing and really appealed to my prevelant love of law, and bumped up this score to a 3 from the 2 it was hovering near.
I'm looking forward to the movie, but I'd only recommend the book to people that love books about mafia history - I don't think this is a book that casual readers will necessarily enjoy.
Overall thoughts: it started really well. I was intrigued right off the bat with the first chapter, and then I started to struggle a bit with the lack of chronological order and the sheer number of names. In the middle of the book, I was really not enjoying it because it was getting repetitive in my mind, but maybe I was just confusing characters. Then, when the poo hit the fan, I was hooked. The trial, the escape - that was amazing and really appealed to my prevelant love of law, and bumped up this score to a 3 from the 2 it was hovering near.
I'm looking forward to the movie, but I'd only recommend the book to people that love books about mafia history - I don't think this is a book that casual readers will necessarily enjoy.