A review by mikekaz
Blue November Storms by Alan M. Clark, Brian James Freeman
4.0
It's amazing sometimes how much difference a well-written book can make to one's desire to read. Of the last ten books or so that I read one of them was great, two were good, one I'm still not sure how to rank it and the others were mediocre at best. They haven't really sparked a huge interest in me to pick up the next book. By comparison, within the first few pages I was pulled into BLUE NOVEMBER STORMS and enjoying it.
Five friends who were best of friends during high school have a secret that they have been keeping for years. A secret so powerful that one of the friends had to leave town to accept it and move on with his life. Now it is years later and the friend is returning to town to get closure in his life. What should be an emotional reunion instead becomes a fight for survival.
As I mentioned at the start, I immediately enjoyed reading this book. Not that I was pulled immediately into the story but I instantly had that comfortable feeling that emanates from a good book. That feeling of enjoyment and knowledge that this was going to be a good book. The secret that was being kept was not as big of a surprise as I expected but it didn't matter. By the time I found out, we were deep into the story and it didn't matter. About the only thing I wish was different was the names of the five main characters: Steve, Adam, Harry, Joe, and Matt. Reading this while the George Floyd protests are still fresh, the names comes across very much as white-bread . Granted with my name being Mike, I'm not one to talk but still. Give me something to help differentiate the characters a little bit. Other than that, I was very happy to read this story.
Five friends who were best of friends during high school have a secret that they have been keeping for years. A secret so powerful that one of the friends had to leave town to accept it and move on with his life. Now it is years later and the friend is returning to town to get closure in his life. What should be an emotional reunion instead becomes a fight for survival.
As I mentioned at the start, I immediately enjoyed reading this book. Not that I was pulled immediately into the story but I instantly had that comfortable feeling that emanates from a good book. That feeling of enjoyment and knowledge that this was going to be a good book. The secret that was being kept was not as big of a surprise as I expected but it didn't matter. By the time I found out, we were deep into the story and it didn't matter. About the only thing I wish was different was the names of the five main characters: Steve, Adam, Harry, Joe, and Matt. Reading this while the George Floyd protests are still fresh, the names comes across very much as white-bread . Granted with my name being Mike, I'm not one to talk but still. Give me something to help differentiate the characters a little bit. Other than that, I was very happy to read this story.