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There are currently 20 member reviews
for Ten Thousand Saints
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Ann O. (Kansas City, MO)
Ten Thousand Saints Disappoints
I began reading Ten Thousand Saints with great hope. The opening two sentences -- "Is it dreamed?" Jude asked Teddy. "Or dreamt?" Beneath the stadium seats of the football field, on the last morning of 1987 and the last morning of Teddy's life, the two boys lay side by side, a pair of snow angels bundled in thrift-store parkas." -- grabbed me. But sadly, as I read further, the story kept losing me; it seemed overly wordy. I'm not saying it wasn't well written. But the subject matter -- the traumas of teen age boys in 1980s New York City -- simply didn't inspire me and it was a struggle to finish.
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Gina G. (Portland, OR)
Kinda Meh
I highly anticipated this novel but once I started it I was disappointed as it is mediocre at best.
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Patricia K. (Oak Park, California)
Ten Thousand Saints
I forced myself to finish this book. The characters all seemed flat--they seem to pass through life on destructive paths and never really moved beyond their dreary existence. Everyone seemed to exist on drugs and violence with no redemption anywhere in the book.
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Phoenix M. (Eclectic, AL)
Ten Thousands Saints
I raised my children during the '80s and I don't remember the world around us being so dysfuncional. I could not finish the book. Perhaps a younger readership would enjoy it more.
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Sheila S. (Supply, NC)
Ten Thousand Saints
I didn't care for this book. The characters had few, if any, redeeming qualities. I found them and their life styles to be fairly repugnant. The author also used too many medical and social conditions - AIDS, fetal alcohol syndrome, ADHD, eating disorders, etc. - as well as the prevalent drug use - each new one became almost a cliche. I would not recommend this book to my book club.
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Judith G. (Ewa Beach, HI)
Should have read it first
I picked up this book just after I finished reading Anne LaMott's "Imperfect Birds"....following that the angst of teenage druggies was too much. I'll try again later when there's some time between the two but for now I have to say I didn't like it and couldn't finish it.
