The Colossus of New York (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 5 stars “Colson Whitehead captures the city in a way that you can practically feel yourself walking down 5th avenue. He's so witty and really focuses on what the city was always meant to be- absolute poetry. One of my most beloved books, and highly recommended to anyone who dreams of or is planning on...” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 2 stars “The Introduction was great, then there were a few decent paragraphs - not really to my liking. The book is just basically someone's mental meanderings about his observations in NYC. He's not a terrible writer - just not my style.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Colson Whitehead captures the city in a way that you can practically feel yourself walking down 5th avenue. He's so witty and really focuses on what the city was always meant to be- absolute poetry. One of my most beloved books, and highly recommended to anyone who dreams of or is planning on going to New York City.”

  Penelope Nightingale wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 2 stars

  “The Introduction was great, then there were a few decent paragraphs - not really to my liking. The book is just basically someone's mental meanderings about his observations in NYC. He's not a terrible writer - just not my style.”

  Brad B wrote this review Tuesday, April 1 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “colson whitehead is a beautiful writer with a unique eye. this is a non-fiction piece on all that's great about new york city.”

  Kelly B wrote this review Wednesday, February 13 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No