the best book I have ever read! | Forever: A Novel

One of my favorite books of all time. | Forever: A Novel | Pete Hamill

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	• Forever: A Novel Pete Hamill Back Bay Books, 2003 - 640 pages average customer review:based on 173 reviews view larger image
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Compelling history ... fascinating story ... but ...

... What a sad existence. To live for almost 300 years.

I found myself constantly reminded of the comment made by Angus Tuck, the father in the novel 'Tuck Everlasting' who said 'What we Tucks have you can't call it living. We just... are. We're like rocks, stuck at the side of a stream...'

While I absolutely loved learning about the evolution of New York City and Pete Hamill has obviously done his research well, I had a hard time identifying with the personal and religious convictions that drove Cormac O'Connor to follow the Earl of Warren across the ocean and to commit to killing not only this obviously deserving human being, but all of his unborn (and presumably innocent) male heirs as well.

To me this smacks far too much of the type of fanaticism that caused Hamill's beloved New York such horrific catastrophe in September 2001. A point he fails to grasp as he uses the World Trade Towers as a centerpiece for the conclusion of his story.

Also recommended: Also recommended: 'Tuck Everlasting' by Natalie Babbitt

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the best book I have ever read!

Pete Hamill is the master writer of our century. Read this book ..you will not be disappointed. It is amazing. He brings you to NY immediately in the 1700's, and there you stay on the island on Mannahatta...this book was amazing!
and truly the best book I have ever read!

One of my favorite books of all time.

I'm not a literature critic or expert by any means but I just loved this book. The Irish and American history, the characters, the love stories, and the concept of what it might be like to live forever but still look about 40 yrs old the whole time.
Highly recommended.

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Favorite book so far...

I am a voracious reader and so far, this is my all-time favorite book. It's very thought provoking (would you want to live forever?) and the historical aspect is great. Highly recommend!

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An epic story for the Big Apple

I bought this book because I am interested in all things New York (ok, I live in the Big Apple), and because Hamill appeared several times on the PBS series about the history of the city. He is a thoughtful guy, and his knowledge of the history of New York allows him to weave a complex story that spans centuries and focuses on some of the least known episodes, leaving the well known ones as background. Except, of course, for the finale, which deals with 9/11 (and is surprisingly personal and well done). You do have to suspend your disbelief when it comes to how exactly the central character gets to live for centuries, therefore experiencing the city's history first hand, and I did find the many references to Irish folklore and magic a bit too much. Still, it is a heck of a book that will keep you turning the pages even if you have never been to New York City, or if you are not Irish.

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This widely praised bestseller is the magical, epic tale of an extraordinary man who arrives in New York in 1740 and remains...forever. Through the eyes of young Cormac O'Connor--granted immortality as long as he never leaves the island of Manhattan--we watch New York grow from a tiny settlement on the tip of an untamed wilderness to the thriving metropolis of today. And through Cormac's remarkable adventures in both love and war, we come to know all the city's buried secrets--the way it has been shaped by greed, race, and waves of immigration, by the unleashing of enormous human energies, and, above all, by hope.

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