Fresh Kills Audiobook

" Not very good at all. I just wish he'd had a little more fun with my hometown, and didn't just wrap a cliched storyline around an interesting setting he didn't really explore. "

" A very well rendered study of a character coming into a level of self-awareness that brings a particular world clearly and unsentimentally (and undisparagingly) into view. I know exactly who these people are. It's nice to see a frustrating but likable asshole become a little less of the last. "

" Really tried to get into this book, but felt no heart from the main character. Just couldn't relate to him at all. "

" I waited a long time to read this novel and felt sadly let down. I wanted to rage against the protagonist, son of a violent alcoholic who was blindly following his dad's footsteps. A wildly unexpected ending, though. "

" Didn't care about any of these people. Couldn't go on. "

" Am I getting harder to please? This book was wildly well-reviewed, and I didn't get it at all. I thought it was a clumsy mashup of sentimentality and hard boiled noire, with unrealistic dialog and a whiny main character. But the Staten Island atmosphere was very well done. "

" I loved this book. It moves quickly but only encompasses a week's time. Leohfelm really explores the main character's relationship with his father, and you feel as though you're going through and feeling the same emotions. Great read. "

" Stopped reading halfway through..thought it would get better..it did not not. Main character was unlikeable and predictable. Don't waste your time. "

" Well written but not a thriller. "

" I'd give it really a 3.5, but not rounding up to the full 4 here. Good mystery as well as right dose of drama. "

" This is an excellent psychological novel. Hope he writes more. "

" This one looks like a mystery/thriller, and while there is a death and quite a few thrills, it is really the story of a late coming of age. A very hopeful ending from a very tough beginning. "

" Since this centers around an angry 30 yr-old white male, this isn't the easiest book to get through. But it's also about family disasters and loyalty, and learning to let the hardest things in life go. Worth it to get to the end. "

" Stopped reading halfway through..thought it would get better..it did not not. Main character was unlikeable and predictable. Don't waste your time. "

" Since this centers around an angry 30 yr-old white male, this isn't the easiest book to get through. But it's also about family disasters and loyalty, and learning to let the hardest things in life go. Worth it to get to the end. "

" Not very good at all. I just wish he'd had a little more fun with my hometown, and didn't just wrap a cliched storyline around an interesting setting he didn't really explore. "

" Really tried to get into this book, but felt no heart from the main character. Just couldn't relate to him at all. "

" loved it. not usually a fan of male writers. i have fallen into the chick lit category. but loved it. loved the story. loved the ending. lvoed that i knew insider information about staten island. loved the staten island backdrop. very enjoyable. look forward to blood root. "

" Well written but not a thriller. "

" Didn't care about any of these people. Couldn't go on. "

" I'd give it really a 3.5, but not rounding up to the full 4 here. Good mystery as well as right dose of drama. "

" This is an excellent psychological novel. Hope he writes more. "

" Am I getting harder to please? This book was wildly well-reviewed, and I didn't get it at all. I thought it was a clumsy mashup of sentimentality and hard boiled noire, with unrealistic dialog and a whiny main character. But the Staten Island atmosphere was very well done. "