A review by slimbay
The Chaneysville Incident by David Bradley
4.0
Nothing wrong with this book that a good editor could not have fixed.
The first quarter of this book knocked my socks off! Later the thing just got tedious. I didn't want to hear what year this church was built; I was sick of his annoying girlfriend; I was tired of his index cards; and most especially I was fed up with his damned toddies. What a shame. It could have been one of this country's classics!
...Ok, I am upgrading to 4 stars just for the excellent writing. It was the meandering storyline and distracting amount of irrelevant historical detail that did it under. I think this author is still alive; I want to ask him to take it back and fix it.
The first quarter of this book knocked my socks off! Later the thing just got tedious. I didn't want to hear what year this church was built; I was sick of his annoying girlfriend; I was tired of his index cards; and most especially I was fed up with his damned toddies. What a shame. It could have been one of this country's classics!
...Ok, I am upgrading to 4 stars just for the excellent writing. It was the meandering storyline and distracting amount of irrelevant historical detail that did it under. I think this author is still alive; I want to ask him to take it back and fix it.