I just finished reading Bradstreet Gate by Robin Kirman. Bradstreet Gate is basically the story of three people who go to Harvard University and what happens to them after college. We get to follow the story (or lives) of Georgia Calvin (daughter of famous photographer), Charlie Flournoy (son of a working class man), and Alice Kovac (of Serbian descent and very odd). At Harvard Rufus Storrow is a professor of Law and the Colonial State. He is the charismatic, dynamic man who attracts the young college students and has affairs with them. Julie Patel, another student, is murdered and Professor Storrow is suspected of the crime. Ten years later no one has been convicted of the crime. The school is having a reunion and there will be a dedication to Julie. The story goes back and forth to tell what happened while they were at Harvard and what happened to them after they left college.
Bradstreet Gate is a strange novel. I was extremely disappointed. It sounded interesting, but it is definitely not (if you think there is a mystery in this novel, you are wrong)! I did not like any of the characters (they are not the type of people you want to know). The book came across as pretentious and the author liked to use big (my father calls them ten dollar words) words. The book has a lot of foul language and explicit sex scenes. I got to the end of the book and was confused. The book felt unfinished (incomplete). The ending is horrible and made me feel like the whole novel was just pointless (I am very sorry but I am just being truthful). Bradstreet Gate is just a telling of these people's uninteresting lives. I give Bradstreet Gate 1 out of 5 stars (I really did not like it).
I received a complimentary copy of Bradstreet Gate from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Bradstreet Gate is a strange novel. I was extremely disappointed. It sounded interesting, but it is definitely not (if you think there is a mystery in this novel, you are wrong)! I did not like any of the characters (they are not the type of people you want to know). The book came across as pretentious and the author liked to use big (my father calls them ten dollar words) words. The book has a lot of foul language and explicit sex scenes. I got to the end of the book and was confused. The book felt unfinished (incomplete). The ending is horrible and made me feel like the whole novel was just pointless (I am very sorry but I am just being truthful). Bradstreet Gate is just a telling of these people's uninteresting lives. I give Bradstreet Gate 1 out of 5 stars (I really did not like it).
I received a complimentary copy of Bradstreet Gate from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Bradstreet Gate follows the lives of three people who met as undergraduates at Harvard and follows the course of their lives for the ten years following their graduation. Their lives are inextricably intertwined and further affected by the murder of a classmate. The alleged murderer is a controversial professor whose relationship with each of the three is complicated. I thought the character development was excellent even though the resolution of the homicide was obscure. The familial histories were complete and demonstrated how and why each of the three became the people they were as adults. Robin Kirman has demonstrated a talent that will undoubtedly continue to bring praise to her as an accomplished writer. I am grateful to LibraryThing for the opportunity to receive this book as an ARC.
