Sunset Park is an extraordinarily good book. Paul Auster has shown the vulnerabilities and strengths of damaged people living in the midst of the modern-day economic chaos, and has managed to make them likable. Miles Heller has lived with debilitating guilt for six years, estranging himself from his parents, who also ache separately and together. When Miles agrees to live in Brooklyn with three other people who are squatters in an abandoned house in Sunset Park, he reunites with Bing and meets Ellen and Alice. These four people struggle to succeed despite the "baggage" they each bring to the relationship and to the living arrangement. I loved the discussions of baseball trivia, books, authors and movies, but the ending saddened me. Ultimately, this is a book worth reading.
A very interesting read. There are some aspects of it that I liked, but there were definitely some things I wasn't a fan of. The story itself was great. It was a departure from my normal read, but a story worth the read.
One thing I did not like at all was his lack of using quotation marks. Now I know this may sound petty, but I had the hardest time when conversations flowing figuring out who was doing the talking. You never know what you are missing, until you trying reading a book without them - it was rough.
The ending - without spoiling the book, I did not enjoy. It was one of those books that cuts off to soon and could have gone on for just a bit longer. I got attached to the main character - Miles Heller and I wanted to see him through the struggles that he has to face in the book.
As to who I would recommend this book to - definitely my adult readers, there is some sexual language that at times was a little harsh.
One thing I did not like at all was his lack of using quotation marks. Now I know this may sound petty, but I had the hardest time when conversations flowing figuring out who was doing the talking. You never know what you are missing, until you trying reading a book without them - it was rough.
The ending - without spoiling the book, I did not enjoy. It was one of those books that cuts off to soon and could have gone on for just a bit longer. I got attached to the main character - Miles Heller and I wanted to see him through the struggles that he has to face in the book.
As to who I would recommend this book to - definitely my adult readers, there is some sexual language that at times was a little harsh.
