“Rules of civility,” by Amor Towles is a nonfiction novel. The book is set in the 1930s through the 1960s with three main characters who draw you in. Katey and Eve are two young women who cruise the streets of New York looking for wealth and success when a young man named Tinker waltz into their lives changing everything.
After the three of them meet on New Year’s Day they all befriend each other and within the first few chapters we can see that Tinker is a well-off young man living his best life in New York.Tinker takes these two women to many fancy restaurants where they are captivated and quite intrigued by Tinkers life and how he got there.There was also a concealed romance between Tinker and Katey but Eve called,“dibs” first. Unfortunately while Tinker was driving home with the girls a milk truck hit his car and left Eve’s face completely disfigured. The cute trio was no more as Tinker felt uncontrollably guilty for the accident which ultimately precipitates him to stay by Eve’s side for the majority of the novel.
In the beginning of this novel, it was a wonderful read making me the reader want more. As it got to the main chapters it got boring or shall I say stagnant as I found myself reading semi pointless pages. The only question I had was whether Katey and Tinker were to be in a relationship after Eve’s car accident. Later on in the novel it was finally revealed. Even though my question was quite prolonged I really enjoyed this novel and recommend it to those who enjoy the 1930’s.
Wow I really thought it was going to be a good one. That's a bummer and I don't think I would be intrested.
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