A review by tommooney
August by Callan Wink
5.0
The kind of really great book that I did not want to end.
This is Callan Wink's debut novel and he knocked it out the park on the first try. It is a masterful coming-of-age tale, a gorgeous rendering of that time in a young man's life when he's trying to figure out who the hell he is and what the hell he's supposed to do about that.
I felt deeply, painfully for August as he tries to discover what it is to be a man. He's such a well wrought character, the kind who, after you finish the book, you feel despair that you are no longer part of his life. I believe him, I believe in him. I want to fly to Montana to find him and check he's alright.
It's one of those books where, when I finished, I was puzzled as to how the author managed to write it specifically for me. As if we were family and he'd crafted exactly what he knew I'd love.
I really, properly loved it.
This is Callan Wink's debut novel and he knocked it out the park on the first try. It is a masterful coming-of-age tale, a gorgeous rendering of that time in a young man's life when he's trying to figure out who the hell he is and what the hell he's supposed to do about that.
I felt deeply, painfully for August as he tries to discover what it is to be a man. He's such a well wrought character, the kind who, after you finish the book, you feel despair that you are no longer part of his life. I believe him, I believe in him. I want to fly to Montana to find him and check he's alright.
It's one of those books where, when I finished, I was puzzled as to how the author managed to write it specifically for me. As if we were family and he'd crafted exactly what he knew I'd love.
I really, properly loved it.