Nicholas Pileggi

3/5

This book took me by surprise due to two things.

First, the it was slightly more fast paced than I expected, with a couple of exceptions here and there. There's always something going on, and it's kinda insane how much these guys were being watched and followed by the police without getting arrested for anything relevant. Honestly, really makes evident the way the mob was just this HUGE organization, and a very untouchable one at that. Specially at the end, when we read about the leaders just offing guys they specifically said were loyal to the end, just because they couldn't take risks.

And second is just how similar this story is to the movie. Honestly, even if you take the fact that this guys worked with Scorsese in the movie and the fact that these kind of writers always change a couple of details here and there for narrative purposes, it's pretty impressive how are entire scenes that were adapted completely untouched.

All in all, it's a pretty decent book telling an insane story that I really enjoyed. Would not recommend it to everybody, since there are a couple of really slow parts in the middle, but if you liked the movie, you'll probably enjoy this book.… (more)