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May 03, 2018
Lisa
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I enjoyed this book, but at times it did get bogged-down in details. I definitely appreciated the Moby Dick quotes in the segues as they tied the “whaling town” roots to it’s grittier present. Even now, New Bedford has a major drug epidemic and many people living in poverty.
The one thing I’d criticize is how this new 2017 edition of a book from 1994 didn’t have its epilogue updated for the present. It would have been a minor effort. By 2015, both Pina, the DA and Ponte, the embattled suspect, we ...more
The one thing I’d criticize is how this new 2017 edition of a book from 1994 didn’t have its epilogue updated for the present. It would have been a minor effort. By 2015, both Pina, the DA and Ponte, the embattled suspect, we ...more

Feb 02, 2012
Diana
marked it as to-read

Nov 18, 2017
Jess
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Nov 20, 2018
Dawn
marked it as to-read