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Thirty-one, alone and broke, not a young woman to inspire applause, but innocent, at least under U.S. law, the surest innocence there was, either in heaven or on earth.

Robin Kirman, from Bradstreet Gate

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Bradstreet Gate ~ Robin Kirman

Bradstreet Gate ~ Robin Kirman

Date Completed: 11/8/2016 Rating: 3/10 This review has been a long time coming. I think I picked up this book back in February for a promised review. Oops. But here we are, and I’ve finally read it! I think it’s because it was a murder mystery and I don’t often reach for these sorts of stories… they just don’t interest me as much. They don’t have much to say about the average human interaction,…

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ABOUT BRADSTREET GATE

A tour de force about three friends affected by a campus murder, for readers of Donna Tartt, Meg Wolitzer, and Jeffrey Eugenides Georgia, Charlie and Alice each arrive at Harvard with hopeful visions of what the future will hold. But when, just before graduation, a classmate is found murdered on campus, they find themselves facing a cruel and unanticipated new reality. Moreover, a charismatic professor who has loomed large in their lives is suspected of the crime. Though his guilt or innocence remains uncertain, the unsettling questions raised by the case force the three friends to take a deeper look at their tangled relationship. Their bond has been defined by the secrets they’ve kept from one another—Charlie’s love and Alice’s envy, Georgia’s mysterious affair—and over the course of the next decade, as they grapple with the challenges of adulthood and witness the unraveling of a teacher’s once-charmed life, they must reckon with their own deceits and shortcomings, each desperately in search of answers and the chance to be forgiven.    A relentless, incisive, and keenly intelligent novel about promise, disappointment, and the often tenuous bonds of friendship, Bradstreet Gate is the auspicious debut of a tremendously talented new writer. From the Hardcover edition.

Where do I begin with Bradstreet Gate? I hated it. Absolutely loathed it. Robin Kirman, why would you do this? This story follows three friends: Charlie, Alice, and Georgia. 

Charlie, the son of a blue collar worker, was extremely boring. Getting through his parts of the book required a lot of caffeine. Georgia, the daughter of a famous photographer, was annoying. She has an affair with a professor, which is super predictable, as she’s the “traditional” girl-next-door. And Alice, the only character I could actually sympathize with, at least a little bit, has mental problems, body envy, and an eating disorder. 

The problem with this book is that is was very poorly done. It had potential to be good, but Robin Kirman rambled on for 300+ pages, not really building up characters, or suspense. I didn’t care about the characters either way, except for Alice, but only because I know what its like dealing with mental illnesses. It was painful trying to get through this. I normally can muscle through a book in a few days, tops. This book, however, took me a month to finish. Try as I might, I could not get interested in it. I had high hopes for it, why I read the synopsis, but it just fell flat. I believe it had potential, but Ms. Kirman did not live up to it. I do believe, however, that in the future, she may write better books. It’s not common for an author to be amazing straight out of the gate, and I would definitely be interested in reading more by her in the future. 

You can purchase the book here. 

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review 

Overall, I would give this book a 1.5 out of 5 stars. 

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Book Review: Bradstreet Gate

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I recently got this book Bradstreet Gate from Blogging for Books to give an honest review. The author is Robin Kirman, although I have not heard of her I read the introduction to the story and I figured it would be interesting.   A tour de force about three friends affected by a campus murder, for readers of Donna Tartt, Meg Wolitzer, and Jeffrey Eugenides Georgia, Charlie and Alice each arrive…

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Bradstreet Gate-Robin Kirman

At the beginning of this novel we learn that there is a death on campus with the Victim being Miss Julie Patel.  We also know that the suspect for this murder is Rufus Starrow Jr., the headmaster of one of the dorms at Harvard University.  With this novel revolving around three characters, Georgia Calvin, Alice Kovac, and Charlie Flournoy we learn the three individual stories and how they came to Harvard, and What their lives are after the Death, and there after Harvard, not a year or two later but 10 years after these three graduate Harvard. With their stories crossing paths every few years we learn that even though At the end of there college years they left not as friends, that over time, that some bonds can never be broken. 

I would first like to say that this cover design is gorgeous! That was what initially drew me to this book. Now I know You can not judge a book by it’s cover, but it truly was magnificent! With a plot summery that sounded promising, I was really intrigued by this book. I appreciate the this story, but I did not like it very much.  I felt that it was dry throughout most of the book. Where I waited to find out who killed Julie, and NEVER DID!!!! What a let down to get all the way through the book, and never find out.  This was dubbed a psychological thriller, but I saw neither of these qualities within this book, and very little suspense.  What I did see a lot of was how these three characters grew up in life. The Big scandal here was Georgia, and Starrow’s affair, Now while I can appreciate the moral ethic’s of this being wrong, however both individuals were of consenting age, so ultimately the basis for argument on the foundation of this novel has little to stand upon. 

Though I did like the characters, and I thought they balanced each other out well. I did not like this novel. 

I rated this novel 2 out of 5 stars.

*I received this novel for free in exchange for a review. 

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'Bradstreet Gate' by Robin Kirman

‘Bradstreet Gate’ by Robin Kirman

It has been ten years since Julie Patel was murdered at Harvard University, and Georgia, Alice and Charlie are being forced to relieve the horrors of their senior year at the Ivy League school. Raised in lives far from privilege, all three worked and schemed to make it to one of the best known universites in the world. At school they meet Professor Rufus Storrow, a man who is meticulous, clean…

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Robin Kirman's Bradstreet Gate elicits strong emotions, good and bad. I read it in two days. I saw its premise online and knew I needed an advanced copy STAT. Once I found one and dove in, I wasn't...

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Bradstreet Gate by Robin Kirman Charlie, Georgia and Alice are from very different walks of life; but ultimately this is what brings them together during their years at Harvard. When a professor, one that has influenced all their lives in one way or another, is the prime suspect of a murdered classmate their friendship starts to unravel; and sets the tone for their adult lives. A wonderful read…

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