The Silence of Our Friends

Short Review: I picked this up because I like the artist. But didn't know anything about the writer. I don't think the writing is great, but it is not horrible either. This is a 3.5 star, which I am rounding up for a worthwhile story.

The story is semi-autobiographical story of two men, and their families, in 1967 Houston. There is a protest and a cop is killed. One of the men is a reporter that knows the truth, one is the lawyer for the student protesters (SNCC) that were accused of killing the cop.

The relationship between the two families and men is the center of the story. But the history is important, even though this was not a big moment in Civil Rights era history.

I think it is worth reading, but I don't think it is nearly as good as Nate Powell's March trilogy.

Full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/silence-of-our-friends/