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A review by shadowcas
The Wettest County in the World: A Novel Based on a True Story by Matt Bondurant
4.0
First things first, I watch the movie Lawless long before I read the book it was based on. I was instantly hooked. I couldn’t stop watching it because I was so amazing. I finally picked up The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant to get more a fix. And man, it truly helped.
Overall, the book was fantastically written. Forrest, Howard, and Jack Bondurant really came to life and jumped off the page for me. It was easy to get attached and really fall in love with each one. The fact that Bondurant really only had a tiny bit of information and he was able to flesh it out into a believable and enjoyable story is wonderful. Bondurant didn’t make these farmers into hardcore gangsters. He didn’t create characters that were out of place in the story. He fleshed out the characters that he knew and the stories that he had heard as a child. He took into account the locale, the history, and the upbringing of these men, and successfully brought them to life.
The writing was smooth and well done overall. The language fit well with the story being told and it wasn’t so filled with needless information so as to bog it down and slow the story to a crawl. My only real complaint was the jumping around on the timeline that took place within the book. When the story went to the reporter, Anderson, it honestly felt as if it was detracting from the story rather than adding to it. Skipping over those sections entirely would not have hurt the book one bit.
I do highly recommend The Wettest County in the World. It was amazingly well done and well worth the read.
☆☆☆☆ out of 5 stars
Overall, the book was fantastically written. Forrest, Howard, and Jack Bondurant really came to life and jumped off the page for me. It was easy to get attached and really fall in love with each one. The fact that Bondurant really only had a tiny bit of information and he was able to flesh it out into a believable and enjoyable story is wonderful. Bondurant didn’t make these farmers into hardcore gangsters. He didn’t create characters that were out of place in the story. He fleshed out the characters that he knew and the stories that he had heard as a child. He took into account the locale, the history, and the upbringing of these men, and successfully brought them to life.
The writing was smooth and well done overall. The language fit well with the story being told and it wasn’t so filled with needless information so as to bog it down and slow the story to a crawl. My only real complaint was the jumping around on the timeline that took place within the book. When the story went to the reporter, Anderson, it honestly felt as if it was detracting from the story rather than adding to it. Skipping over those sections entirely would not have hurt the book one bit.
I do highly recommend The Wettest County in the World. It was amazingly well done and well worth the read.
☆☆☆☆ out of 5 stars