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A review by april_golden
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
4.0
Very enjoyable read! Not sure how to classify this book. It's sort of a thriller/mystery, southern lit, coming-of-age story all rolled into one. Sort of The Help mixed with A Time to Kill. Beware, it'll break your heart.
The first 100 pages or so, I was enjoying it but not loving it. Mostly because the story switches back and forth from present day to twenty years earlier. It felt jarring. However, around the halfway mark, I became so into it that I read the last 150 pages in one sitting.
Although there is a mystery (really two) in the book, the focus of the book is the relationship between two men: Larry Ott and Silas Jones. The mysteries keep the story rolling along, but heart of the book is those two and their history and present-day relationship.
The first 100 pages or so, I was enjoying it but not loving it. Mostly because the story switches back and forth from present day to twenty years earlier. It felt jarring. However, around the halfway mark, I became so into it that I read the last 150 pages in one sitting.
Although there is a mystery (really two) in the book, the focus of the book is the relationship between two men: Larry Ott and Silas Jones. The mysteries keep the story rolling along, but heart of the book is those two and their history and present-day relationship.