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Jul 10, 2015clarafuller rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
1930's gangsters--not for the squeamish, but very good. Read this one before you read Lehane's "World Gone By."
Vincent T Lombardo
Mar 24, 2015Vincent T Lombardo rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I read to page 25 and then gave up. It was just not my cup of tea. Set during Prohibition, it was too much like historical fiction, which I do not like, but I also found all of the characters unlikeable. However, I really love most of…
Oct 28, 2014nannerl rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A few pages in, I realized I'd read the book before, but by then I was hooked and read it again, it was that good. The world of criminals during prohibition is much like the world of traffickers today - all about greed, and living for the…
Kraut01
Mar 07, 2014
Regrettably Lehane seems to have run out of steam with this one. The premise is fine but what should have been an historically based organised crime thriller just dissipates within irrelevant minutae. The implausibility of some of the…
poppy2010
Jul 26, 2013poppy2010 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A 'gritty' story of a dark era in American crime. Well told, and with a romantic twist that has a sad ending. Ranks with 'The Godfather'.
RickVanderlinde
Jun 13, 2013
it's a nice follow up to Given Day, which is one the best I've ever read. The character development of Joe is what kept me turning pages more than the plot.
thunderingfox
Jun 10, 2013thunderingfox rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Well written mystery story of the development of a curiously likeable gangster during prohibition. I read it over a period of a day as I couldn't put it down.
Feb 10, 2013BlueHippo rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Not a book I can really recommend. After the first 100 pages or so, I just started flipping though the rest of the pages and reading a bit here and there. I got the drift and don't think I missed anything too important. I was very…
mrsgail5756
Dec 25, 2012mrsgail5756 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The book was okay – but not one of my favorites.
Oct 16, 2012dcafk rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This is not Lehane's best work.
Oct 06, 2012
Read after The Given Day
Oct 03, 2012
Pennie Clark Ianniciello, Costco's book buyer, has chosen Live by Night by Dennis Lehane ( as her pick of the month for October 2012.
Sep 25, 2012BryanSeattle rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I should preface this by saying that I admire some of Mr. Lehane's previous work very much; his detective series and Mystic River are wonderful and his characters really do come alive. His past work clearly shows that he is a very talented…