Reviews

The Tilted World by Tom Franklin, Beth Ann Fennelly

suvata's review against another edition

4.0

• Kindle e-book • Scribd audiobook

Continuing my TBR project:
This is one of the oldest selections on my TBR list - Originally added November 11, 2017.

Set against the backdrop of the historic 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River, The Tilted World is an extraordinary tale of murder and moonshine, sandbagging and saboteurs, and a man and a woman who find unexpected love.

anneaustex's review against another edition

4.0

I have had Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter on my wish list since its publication but have never made time to read it. When The Tilted World arrived I picked it up and almost immediately found myself lost in another place and time. The way the characters were drawn and the way the book was written gave me such clear mental images of the people and the places. I couldn't help but care what happened to Dixie Clay, Willing and Ingersoll. There were some humorous moments and some incredibly anxious moments and they all came together to make an amazing story that I will definitely be recommending to friends and library patrons.

My thanks to Morrow/Harper Collins for the ARE.

kerrireads32's review against another edition

4.0

This was a great read, as much for the history lesson as the love story. I never knew of the great flood of 1927 with all the devastation to follow. How some American history can get swept away, because of poverty or politics amazes me. The authors highlight this time in history through a fictional town but their research is evident. Not to mention the main plot of the story being revenuers and moonshiners!
A unique and interesting story. I'd recommend it for anyone looking for something different in historical fiction.

christinel's review against another edition

4.0

This was a thrill ride and a window into a slice of the past that I (a mild history nerd) had never heard of.. The first chapter is dark - stay with it.

christinel's review against another edition

4.0

This was a thrill ride and a window into a slice of the past that I (a mild history nerd) had never heard of.. The first chapter is dark - stay with it.

kellyp's review

4.0

Started getting clunky toward the end, with an awkwardly depicted romance and some highly improbable bits to wrap up the plot; otherwise wonderful. Practically got prune-y from all that rain.

amiewilson's review

5.0

I found this novel to be unique. There are many stories set during prohibition, but I haven't read any about the events surrounding the flooding of the Mississippi in 1927. I loved both of the main characters: Dixie Clay, a lonely, talented bootlegger and Ted Ingersoll, a prohibition agent on special assignment. Readers know from the start that these two characters will have to come to terms with being on the opposite side of the law as their relationship progresses, but the way the story unfolds does not make it super predictable or trite. The descriptions of the never-ending rain, the desperate plights of the people losing their homes, lands and livelihoods to the flooding and the crowded levee towns are all rich with detail and lovely in verse. Read it- Thoroughly enjoyable!

jillann's review

4.0

Great storytelling and characters, with a back drop of a true story - the great Mississippi flood of 1927.

reading_on_the_road's review

5.0

A unique take on the familiar story of bootleggers and prohibition agents, with a natural disaster and a love story thrown in for good measure. Very enjoyable, I'd like to read more of Franklin's work.

penny_literaryhoarders's review

3.0

Not bad, nothing too memorable however. Not as wonderful as Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter.