My favorite book

My favorite book of all time would have to be The Godfather, written by Mario Puzo. Although, I was not thrilled about reading this book at first, my eleventh grade English teacher forced us to pick from a list of books to read and complete a report on it. It was the book with the fewest number of pages so I chose it. I am very glad that I did because it turned out to be an amazing novel.

The book is about a famous crime family located in New York City in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The novel covers “Don Corleones” life and his family. The book was very entertaining and full of surprises. The novel also has a certain allure to it because it is loosely based on actual events that occurred in New York during the 50s.

It is hard to imagine that the world was once like this novel. Organized crime is not as big as it used to be, but I still find it interesting that the mafia was so widespread just a few decades ago. The crimes that were committed are unbelievable. Not to mention that most of the guys got away with them. The mafia had politicians and police on their payrolls. Once you read about all this it will astonish you. It will draw you into the book even more.

The Godfather is jam-packed with murder, lies, sex, and betrayal. It will most definitely keep you attention and make it difficult to put down the book. It is one of the first books that I wanted to keep reading to find out the outcome. Luckily I read the book before I saw the movie. The movie is no where near as good as the book and The Godfather the movie is recognized as one of the greatest movies of all time. So I recommend that everyone should read this book. It will be well worth your time.