Status
Available
Local notes
Fic Ras
Collection
Genres
Publication
NYR Children's Collection (2017), Edition: Main, 169 pages. $17.95.
Description
"Some of us look up at those craggy, mysterious apartment buildings found in the posher parts of New York City and wonder what goes on inside. The Doorman's Repose collects ten stories of the doings of 777 Garden Avenue, one of the craggiest"--
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2017-05-02
Physical description
169 p.; 5.68 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member ashleytylerjohn
This was a bit of a disappointment--not enough to earn 2 stars, but I had higher hopes for it. On the plus side, it felt very New York. On the down side, I'm not quite sure who the market for this is for. It reads like a set of New Yorker-ish charming, gentle short stories--it didn't feel like a
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).
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kid's book at all (even allowing for the fact that NYC kids are perhaps more sophisticated than rural children, say). So it was a collection of pleasant-enough stories that would bore children but didn't have enough emotional or intellectual heft to really engage an adult.(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).
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169