Pretty interesting--kept my attention
929577
I enjoyed it! Good costumes--very futuristic makeup.  And as for plot--finally a new idea! Decent cinematography, also. Streaming quality was very goog
4052302
Sorry, I read this book a while ago, but from what I can remember it was a fairly interesting story. It wasn't one of the greatest books ever written but I wasn't bored reading it and it kept you curious as to what would happen next. The characters were believable and you enjoyed reading their conversations. I wish the book had a better cover, though. The ending was okay.
2920858
Decent story, I liked the characters and the plot held my interest.  It not great, but definitely held my attention.
2461088
Interesting read! Kept my attention turning the ges
3383231
This story was a pretty interesting tale that explored the relationship of a wife and a mistress and what threw them together in a life or death situation.  One woman rose from nothing to being a kept woman of a control freak, while the other was the wife of the control freak. Each were smart, gifted women who took a long time to recognize their value and stand up to the man they shared. As a result they both learned something valuable from each other, and I imagine, though the book isn't clear on this, that they developed a respect for one another if not a friendship. The story was fairly well edited, which is a nice treat given how many I've read recently that were grammatical nightmares and poorly constructed stories. I only found a few errors in this book. My only real complaint is that the author seemed in a hurry to pull the story together toward the end and wrap up loose ends before she ran out of paper.
2789538
liked this book a lot -- it took me awhile to get into it, but then I didn't want to put it down
4646060
Pretty interesting and captivating turn(s) of events. I liked it.
590416
Interesting read --- glad it is fiction or is it? Will keep reading sequels.
221486
The book was pretty good, it kept my interest, despite being somewhat predictable.
2339950
Not bad.  Kept me interested. I liked that it was based on actual people.
3788646
Not typically my type of book, but it kept my interest because it wasn't completely predictable.
1676828
Interesting heroine, Absalom Kearney, for a change. Very interesting story. Don't know if I buy that the Irish community in Buffalo is so insular and clannish, but maybe so, or that cops are so deeply misogynistic still, but maybe they are. Liked learning about Buffalo -- reminds me a lot of my hometown of Detroit. I liked Talty's writing so well I asked the library to get his next book ("Hangman: A Novel") and might even just buy it if it ever drops below $11.99.

"Black Irish" isn't perfect -- not by a long shot. I would give it 3.5 stars. Parts of it were confusing, and I had to read back to figure out who some characters were and how they fit in. I also have a hard time believing the whole fall under the ice and crawling out part -- that was pretty weak. Would've liked to know if the Clan history is real or made up for the sake of the tale. The ending was interesting -- did not see it coming even though it was sort of hinted at.
4222109
The book is quite interesting to read since I have no actual knowledge of the topic.  The author is able to get my imagination going and keep my interest in the topic with stories and descrpitive words and makes me believe I was there during some of the advendutes.  Good Read.
2618995
interesting enough to keep me watching...good suspenseful characters.......
23401
The reason I rated it as such is because it was a somewhat interesting read.  But it wasn't a "must read" book.  The story was good but there were times when I wasn't sure who was doing the talking in it.  I had to re-read a sentence or two to determine who was saying what.  Other than that, the plot was good and the characters were interesting.  Einar's pursuit of the truth about  Asdis' Skarpi's murders kept me going.  I was pleasantly surprised near the end to see how the conclusion was reached.  I also appreciated Einar's moral compass allowing Runar and his mom to move on.
384319
I didn't necessarily find this to be a real "page turner", but was interesting enough to keep reading it to the end.
1638088
I thought this book was actually pretty interesting. I wasn't looking forward to reading it because it was assigned, and I usually don't like books that I have to read. But this one was pretty good. It was interesting reading about how Sophie and her mom both had the same type of problems. But I didn't like how they used so many Creole words because it sort of confused me. I also liked this book because Sophie moves to New York, and that's where I want to move when I get out of highschool.
 I would recommend this book to anyone who doesn't need a lot of full on action to keep them entertained, because lots of stuff happened and was going on, but it what sort of "behind the scenes" action.