This started out really strong and a contender for my new favorite Center novel, and then it dissolved into craziness and complicated lies, and then it resurfaced toward the end.
As far as literature describing the human condition, this is quite good. It made me very relieved to be past my teen years, and eager never to revisit that decade. It's a little depressing and disturbing in so far as that's life - but that also makes this less of an escape.
Just delightful. It made me very nostalgic for the movie, which practically played in my head as I listened to this book. I had no idea the script was so faithful to the story.
Dark and completely engrossing. It grapples with questions of race and justice, religion and morality, sin and humanity. I can't wait to listen to Cosby's other books - the narrator is fantastic.
So good!!! Some of the scope of Demon Copperhead, a dash of the intricate weavings of John Irving, and a sophisticated mystery a la Rebecca Makkai's I Have Some Questions for You.
I found this book through the author's post on Instagram and was excited to try a new mystery set in the Orkney Islands. I would read more in the series. It feels like Aubrey is still finding his feet - the descriptions were a little heavy handed and I hated the crime itself.
This was strange? Not super cohesive. Maybe my problem with some genre-defying books is that I don't know how I'm supposed to behave as a reader. Am I supposed to be solving a mystery or just hanging out with these characters?
This was my first foray into Hilderbrand-land. I see the appeal, especially for summer escapism, but it's not really my jam. The novel just seemed to go on and on, which is great for fans but less so for newbies.
