Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Gomorrah
Book Review: A great book that speaks the truth!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I lived here around the area of Naples for 10 years(parents are italian), and came back back after 11 years due to military...what the writer has said in the book, it's all true. When i would tell my husband, he didn't believe everything i told him, but after living here & reading the book, he now knows & believes me!! Great book, i suggest that others read it. But i also want to say to others, because of this, DON'T BE AFRAID OF COMING TO NAPLES. It is still a beautiful city with some great people!!Book Review: A real eye-opener
Summary: 4 Stars
"A feel-good mafia exposé? The author gives an insider's view of a monstrous system that is all the more disquieting because you're in there with him. Besides the titillation of so much blood and excess, what kept me reading was the intelligence and heart in the work. The tone sounds raw and cynical but it isn't without occasional touches of poetry and sentimentalism. The author never stayed in one mode long enough to get tiresome. I was shocked by what this book had to say. I don't know if I was convinced by the litany of the names and places or if I just sympathized with a good writer. His heart's in the right place. I hope it's still beating somewhere." --Bill (Louisville, KY)
Book Review: An unromantic, grim take on organized crime in Italy
Summary: 4 Stars
Unlike the Sopranos or the Godfather, this book does not offer a romantic, sympathetic take on Italian organized crime. This book offers a systematic, detailed exploration of how organized crime (specifically, the Camorra) has complete and total control of Italy. The author details all of the facets of society that organized crime controls. Even the environment is addressed in this book as the mob, through illegal duming of toxic waster, has ruined much of Italy, but other countries as well.
Of particular note is that there is no honor among these thieves. The complete depravity is truly unsettling, especially when you come to the conclusion that organized crime is the true power in Italy, and not any politician or elected government.
Book Review: Boring
Summary: 2 Stars
I picked this up expecting an interesting and in-depth look at the author's infiltration of the Mafia in Sicily. I didn't make it far enough to see if it actually happened. This book failed the 50 page rule, meaning that it didn't get to the point and was not interesting enough to compel me to read past page 50.Book Review: Content, riveting; writing, confusion
Summary: 2 Stars
Difficult to read because of the style: Sentences aren't. Unclear whether supplied by translator or original author. Get it? In other words, begin with a capital letter and end with a period. Structure be damned. Wonder what the sentence said, only to review what I'd just read and discover it wasn't a sentence, hardly strictly. Just a bunch of words strung together.
Maybe I'm just too old school for "dynamic" modern style, but the rat-tat-tat "writing" obscured content and impeded readability. I saw the film "Gomorrah" before picking up the book, and the text edition seems to be the writer's notes, a screenplay the anticipated product.