Reviews for North River

The average rating for North River based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-02-26 00:00:00 Lonnie Saenz I knew before I finished that I would score this one 5 stars. It's a love story, but so much more than a love story. Dr. Jim Delaney and Ruth Verga are people you would be proud to know. Not because they are such perfect people (they're not) but because deep down they are good, honest, and courageous people. There is a short interview with the author in the edition I read, and he says he made the Greenwich Village neighborhood one of the characters of the story. Aha, I thought, that's at least part of what makes this novel a cut above. This was my first Pete Hamill novel, but I hope it won't be the last.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-12-18 00:00:00 Melanie Shuart This book was strange for me. It was interesting enough that I wanted to keep reading it, but when I finished I realized it wasn't really that good. I think the problem for me was that the book seemed like it was leading up to something really big. I kept waiting and waiting for it, but it turned out to be extremely anti-climatic.