Reviews

Hard Cash Valley by Brian Panowich

itsmarkyall's review against another edition

5.0

This is easily Brian Panowich’s best piece of work. It’s strong, emotional, and engrossing. I couldn’t put down the book and when I made it to the end I didn’t want to put it down. The story is so compelling and the writing is excellent. Bull Mountain seemed like a perfect piece of southern fiction but my instant reaction is that Hard Cash Valley is even better. Go out and get it!

grantruby's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

hookforbooks's review against another edition

5.0

4.5 stars - enjoyed this fast paced crime story

sjj169's review against another edition

5.0

So I got denied this one from Netgalley. I cried like a big old baby and got to begging. Luckily I got a copy of it before I had to break out my moves.


Because dammit man this type of book is my absolute favorite. (This author is a total favorite of mine since I first read the first word of his)
Panowich takes the reader back to my beloved North GA mountains and we return to [b:Bull Mountain|23398919|Bull Mountain|Brian Panowich|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1417982638l/23398919._SY75_.jpg|42955428].


However, we aren't going back to that same family. He took a gamble and I'm so glad! I LOVED how this turned out. The story starts off with a loser dude running to Florida with a ton of money. As the story unfolds you realize that dude probably did some underhanded stuff to come across said money. Turns out he did. He ends up in not such good health as the result.

Then we get to meet Dane Kirby, an GBI agent that just happens to be from my favorite neck of the woods. He gets called in by the big boys to assist with this case.
All things end up back in the mountains and we find out that those mountains still have some shady stuff going on.


So back in the day I was dating this dude and we ended up at a place that is described to perfection in this book. My girlie butt was not happy with the situation and some "Deliverance" jokes were made nervously. My then date decided that really wasn't the place for my big mouth and we got the heck outta there. The area and the atmosphere is described perfectly. I'm glad that my big chicken butt got out of there before the kinds of things that happen in this story went on.


Anyways. I LOVED that the author took a chance and just didn't return to the same Bull Mountain. I'm ready for his next one!
I did receive an reader copy of this book in return for nothing. I fangirled it all on my own.

hooliaquoolia's review against another edition

1.0

I don't have time to go into how exactly this book was a steaming pile of racist, misogynistic garbage, but just know that in addition to being racist, misogynistic garbage, it's also full of cliches, really horrible writing, and plotted extremely, extremely stupidly. I read this on Marilyn Stasio's recommendation, but it looks like that endorsement will have much less value now.

airron's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

liagiu's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

spork2_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I didn't know how I felt about this books for a majority of it. I think it's just because it's the first book in this genre that I've read. There's some things description wise that irk me a little bit

Spoiler

for safe measure putting spoiler, the way this books deals with Asperger's makes me lose the story a bit just because the term is so outdated, it's probably nitpicking though

. Over all I definitely enjoyed, I cried a little here and there, I'll definitely look out for more books by this author. :)

corysreadingcorner's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

witheringghoul's review against another edition

3.0

It’s a good book just not my kind of book really. It has some pretty interesting twists and I liked Dane as a character as well as William, the other characters I did not like so much. Altogether it is a good read.