A review by rissaleighs
Rivers by Michael Farris Smith

4.0

It's like As I Lay Dying meets Cormac McCarthy. One drawn out, absorbing gut punch. I'm very familiar with the setting of this book, know all the towns mentioned, have driven the roads described. So to see the author's apocalyptic vision layered over real places that I know was extra compelling. I'm not sure if the book would have had quite the same impact if I had not spent a couple years of my life driving on Hwy 49 every day....I didn't really love the characters, to be honest, so I was a little surprised to find myself feeling so invested in their journey and rooting for them to make it to safety. Hats off to the author.