I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Love the way the reader has to put the characters' stories together from different sources.

I loved this book! The lives of a dozen or so New Yorkers in 1974 are brought together by two things: a similarity in their struggles that forces them to realize life continues forward despite incredible loss and by an unbelievable vision, a man walking, dancing, leaping in the air on a wire strung between NYC's twin towers. The day is a pivotal one in their lives. Colum McCann does a beautiful job of weaving their stories together. Brilliant! A masterpiece!

Pretty disappointed with book. Good writing, but found the subject matter pretty bleak. Also, not enough dialogue so found it pretty slow through parts.

2009 National Book Award - Fiction

This book came very highly recommended but I didn't really love it. Some of it was slow and I had to push through it. It skips around from character to character a lot which was a little annoying at times.

It is centered on a true event of a tightrope walker who crossed the NYC twin towers in the 1970s. But the story has almost nothing to do with the walk itself. Instead it is a beautifully spun web of intertwined fates that illustrate the randomness in which we build relationships and become what we are.

a snapshot of a very chaotic but charismatic New York city scene

The man who walks a tightrope between the Twin Towers is a central metaphor for all the vivid characters living similarly precarious lives. Outstanding writing and character development.

Incredibly difficult to get through because it's such a bore.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Colum McCann weaves the stories of several lives together into a beautiful narrative. It tugged on my heartstrings and made me smile. I highly recommend this book!