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The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel — book review
“We can be sad, distraught, confused, pleading, forgiving. But not furious. Fury is reserved for other people. The worst thing you can be is an angry woman, an angry mother.” Once again I find myself in the minority but I just didn’t find The Familiar Dark to be a very riveting read. From its gratuitous…
1st pov, 3 STARS, abuse, addiction, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, dark, dead girls, DEATH, family, female authors, GRIEF, grit lit, missouri, motherhood, mothers & daughters, MURDER, Ozarks, Poverty, psychological, published in 2020, read in 2020, revenge, rural setting, siblings, SMALL TOWN, small town crime, Southern America, survival, SUSPENSE, The Familiar Dark, trauma, violence -
Stoner by John Williams
Initially I found the seemingly unassuming prose of Stoner to be full of insight. The very first page coldly announces the eponymous protagonist’s death, and I was drawn in by the unromantic story.The novel focuses on William Stoner’s life: his rather miserable marriage to Edith as well as his studies and his academic career. Urged…
1910s, 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 3 STARS, 3rd pov, academia, affairs, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, books about books, campus, CLASSICS, existentialism, identity, JOHN WILLIAMS, LITERARY FICTION, literary references, male authors, MARRIAGE, midlife crisis, missouri, modern classics, philosophical, published in 1965, read in 2018, STONER, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE, WILLIAM STONER -
Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell
“This is how sudden things happened that haunted forever.” Equal parts poetic and stark, Winter’s Bone is a short and compelling read. It follows sixteen-year old Ree Dolly who, after her father skips his bail, risks losing her home. “Fading light buttered the ridges until shadows licked them clean and they were lost to nightfall.”…
3rd pov, 4 STARS, addiction, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, Contemporary, CRIME, DANIEL WOODRELL, grit lit, LITERARY FICTION, male authors, missing fathers, missing persons, missouri, Noir, Ozarks, Poverty, read in 2017, rural setting, small town crime, Southern America, survival, winter reads, WINTER’S BONE
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