3.84 avg rating — 197,050 ratings

"It's such a classic American family story told in excruciating reality. The prose is flawless, the characters are as developed as they can be and it's all explained as if it's the best modern American history lesson you could hope to endure when it comes to the American family enduring the American Dream."

4.31 avg rating — 712,804 ratings

"A brilliantly told gothic tale that's revealed slowly and almost sensually. It offers rich characters in a rich setting. It has such an old world way of storytelling. The prose is haunting and perfect. It's as deep as you can get into a book without being an actual character in it."

4.62 avg rating — 4,076,188 ratings

"To close out a seven-book series as perfectly as this did is such an impossible task. But there's no steam lost and it still offers up new mysteries and ghost story qualities of doubt, up until the very end. It has all the chaos, all the togetherness and all the wonder that a good book series should have. It was a perfect end to a perfect series."

3.88 avg rating — 106,754 ratings

"The book is non-fiction, but it never feels cold to the reader. It's as warm and lively as an imagination can be, though it's all very true. The storytelling quality of real life it has is so conversational. It's personal without seeming invasive. It's just a story about a person and people without ever doubting the lovely experience it is to be alive and just doing what you think is interesting."

4.07 avg rating — 28,502 ratings

"The book is as much history as it is fiction. Taking place in Boston at the end of WWI, the tale of an Irish family and a black family crossing paths in the sprawling urban epic comes together wonderfully. The end of the Great War, the terrible sickness of 1919, the police strike of 1920 and a score of other actual events are portrayed in the cracks of city life, where everyone talks of crime, baseball and the changing world."