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A review by shona_reads_in_devon
The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers
4.0
I was really keen to read another by Benjamin Myers after the masterpiece of Pig Iron. The Gallows Pole has recently been made into a TV series and I'm rarely one to watch before I read, so this jumped to the top of my tbr pile.
It's got that tone and vernacular that I'm already identifying as Myers. Every word feels deliberately chosen for its lyricism but somehow never feels out of place or forced.
It's another violent offering here, but given the subject it's not surprising.
It's only a 4 star as I found it much slower and slightly harder to get into at the start. There isn't really anyone to root for, everyone's a bastard in this one to be honest.
But there is the same reverence for the land here, and this novel is an ode to the moors as much as a tale of the men that made their lives there. And it's glorious to read.
I should think I'll be reading some more of his work again this year.
It's got that tone and vernacular that I'm already identifying as Myers. Every word feels deliberately chosen for its lyricism but somehow never feels out of place or forced.
It's another violent offering here, but given the subject it's not surprising.
It's only a 4 star as I found it much slower and slightly harder to get into at the start. There isn't really anyone to root for, everyone's a bastard in this one to be honest.
But there is the same reverence for the land here, and this novel is an ode to the moors as much as a tale of the men that made their lives there. And it's glorious to read.
I should think I'll be reading some more of his work again this year.