A review by mistysbookspace
Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon

3.5

This was my first book by this author and while it wasn't a new favorite I enjoyed it enough to want ot read more by this author. 

So based off the synopsis of this I went into this book expecting it to focus on the whodunit aspect but that is not the case. This book portrays the life of 12 year old Cory. We get his day to day life in which one day him and his father witness a car go into Saxon's Lake and sink with a man inside. While they want to figure out what happened to the man and who is responsible that takes a back seat to Cory's day to day life which is why I was a bit disappointed. It isn't until the very end when things start happening regarding the whodunit. There are mentions here and there about the accident but nothing is ever really done until the end. 

That alone is my main complaint about this book. Everything else I did really enjoy. I don't typically like books that just follow peoples everyday lives but this one worked for me. It did go by a bit slow considering I was expecting it to focus on the whodunit. This author is a great story teller. I never felt like I was getting bombarded with to much info or description which can definitely be the case with these longer books. Speaking of long book I feel like this one could have been a bit shorter. 

All of my thoughts of this are based on the fact that I was expecting more of the whodunit aspect. If I went into it expecting something else I could see myself loving this one so much more. Overall I did enjoy this authors writing and I really want to pick up something else by him.