Pentapod reviewed The Godfather (Penguin Readers: Level 4) by Chris Rice (Penguin Reader , Level 4 (1700 words))
Review of 'The Godfather (Penguin Readers: Level 4)' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I'd never seen the movies, and this is not a genre that interests me, but I picked up the audiobook on audible recently. Wow, what an impressive, detailed, and complex story of a complicated family and culture adapting to America. The characters were nuanced, and the reader can sympathize with even the nastiest of them. The plot spans decades and a generation, and while the Corleone family is at the center, the reader sees them and their actions both from the inside and the outside, through the eyes of various different characters, to give a very complete and in-depth picture. Although as I said this isn't a genre that usually interests me much, this book was well worth reading and all the more so because I'd never seen the movies and had no pre-set expectations.
