pinknantucket reviewed Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
I really liked it
4 stars
Bookclub book. My copy: bought new.
335 pages
English language
Published Aug. 7, 2011 by Viking.
Rules of civility
by Amor Towles
A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and a single-minded widow.
A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and a single-minded widow.
ManyRoads reviewed Rules of civility by Amor Towles
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5 stars
This is another literate and engaging tale by Amor Towles, who is rapidly becoming one of my favorite authors. Be aware this tale is not what it seems; but then, neither is life what we planned. This novel approaches "brilliance".
This is another literate and engaging tale by Amor Towles, who is rapidly becoming one of my favorite authors. Be aware this tale is not what it seems; but then, neither is life what we planned. This novel approaches "brilliance".
SharonC reviewed Rules of civility by Amor Towles
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5 stars
I love this prose and just-breezy-enough style. Captures the ambiance of the '30s and (what I imagine) the loftiest of the upper classes might be like.
Katey Kontent is flawed but not unlikeable. She made good choices--maybe not the best--but was wise enough to be thankful for having choices to make. I really like that reflection.
I love this prose and just-breezy-enough style. Captures the ambiance of the '30s and (what I imagine) the loftiest of the upper classes might be like.
Katey Kontent is flawed but not unlikeable. She made good choices--maybe not the best--but was wise enough to be thankful for having choices to make. I really like that reflection.
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5 stars
Towles again proves what a great writer he is. Rules of Civility takes you straight into 1938 New York and the heroine is an incredibly layered character with grit and will power
matt reviewed Rules of civility by Amor Towles
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3 stars
It was okay, we listened to the audio book partially on a summer road trip and finished it off at home. It was a little purple - we joked a bit about the constant similes - but the aristocratic New York setting was fun and the characters were memorable.
AliCorbin reviewed Rules of civility by Amor Towles
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4 stars
A 'memoir', of a middle-aged woman in the 60's remembering her youth. Specifically, the people and events in the year of 1938 that set the course of her adult life. Not much in the way of a plot, but the characters were well drawn, and the writing superb.
A 'memoir', of a middle-aged woman in the 60's remembering her youth. Specifically, the people and events in the year of 1938 that set the course of her adult life. Not much in the way of a plot, but the characters were well drawn, and the writing superb.
kf6gpe reviewed Rules of civility by Amor Towles
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4 stars
Well crafted. Strong female characters, who were easy to identify with.
Subjects
- Fiction
- Nineteen thirties
- Man-woman relationships
- Upper class
- Young women
Places
- Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (State)
- New York (N.Y.)
- New York