charlibirb's review against another edition
3.0
Kind of a predictable ending, but I guess it builds up to the inevitability of where it's going. Felt very Steven King-ish. Some of the characters didn't feel super fleshed out. Interesting read, though, I wasn't bored. The world was very well put together, I could see the pictures he painted.
kwims's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Death, Body horror, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Child death
havelock's review
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Racial slurs
lynchingcsdaley's review
4.0
I enjoyed this book. Not a traditional horror but still lots of fun. Can't wait to see what he does next.
coreymanuel's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
rojo25's review
3.0
This book is about revenge and is very dark and depressing. A hobo's life is certainly violent and unpredictable. I recommend but it seems like I read this story before.
sandeestarlite's review
I really wanted to like this one, a cross country chase to find the man who murdered Connolly's daughter. He crosses paths with a number of other people on the same mission, each with their own loss. Why are they all drawn to each other and to this search? See - sounds interesting, doesn't it? The story didn't catch my attention, perhaps too much revealed in the beginning?
lian_tanner's review
3.0
It was a hard book to like (for me) because of the palpable sense of despair that runs all the way through it. But the writing is good, which kept me going, and the character of Connelly is convincing, as is the bleakness and hopeless of those times in America's Dustbowl. Like a number of other readers, I had a bit of a problem with the way it changed from being a chase-the-killer-of-my-daughter novel to something mythological halfway through. It sort of worked, because Connelly was also struggling with this change, and with the sense that he had stepped out of the normal world into something unbelievably strange. And it tied in well with the bleakness, and with the enormity of what we - reading this from the novel's future - know is coming in the twentieth century. But still there was a sense of a hinge halfway through, as if the book was in two separate parts and they didn't quite fit together.