Reviews

Yekl: A Tale Of The New York Ghetto by Abraham Cahan

adarre's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

anaforgia's review

emotional sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

wero222's review against another edition

3.0

read for uni, it was really not bad at all. a quick read. obviously none of the morals of the characters of this book are to be seen as correct lol

louisa7's review against another edition

challenging tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

cominguproses's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

mindofemily's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

pearseanderson's review against another edition

3.0

A fun read at times, a fine novella. I don't have too many thoughts.

julius_light's review

3.0

Miss America, Miss America --
gild it tightly. Ain't this the stuff, dancing.
Boxing. Bustling masculinity.
I'm not Jewish, not Yiddish --
I'm American.
What's that? Forget my roots?
I'm in America now.

fiercefully's review against another edition

I read this after seeing Hester Street, so to some degree I was going through the motions reading it. Very interesting, especially seeing the differences between the film and the book.

bookishcaro's review

4.0

Difficult to read initially, but still a short and simple story. Loaded with cultural references and a solid encapsulation of this specific time and place in the history of New York Jews.