A review by klherring
The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan

4.0

While I don't think I loved this one *quite* as much as The Painted Girls, it was still elegantly done and quite remarkable. I love the presentation, the research, the character development, tone, diction...everything about Buchanan's writing style. Her descriptions of the falls and back-stories were beautiful. While the story has sorrow, like Painted Girls, it is not a sorrowful tale. It is real and honest, but also has an element of faith and magic that I think we could all find in our lives, especially in times of loss or struggle. Buchanan is like a modern Thomas Hardy, with more precise descriptions (detailed, yes; endless, no) and less doom and gloom. I look forward to many many more by this author!