A review by caseyjayner
The House of Deep Water by Jeni McFarland

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I wanted so to like this book - it had so much promise.  I love multiple narrators and stories involving family, class, and race.  It seems like this would fit the bill but none of the characters had a memorably strong point of view.  It felt like the author was trying to talk about difficult subject matter but using characters that had very little emotional responses which they or those around them were aware of.  In the end, it fell flat and felt like the author actually didn't accomplish much of anything at all.