A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
Genre: Literary Fiction, Mystery, Southern
Pages: 309 (ARC)
Source: TLC Book Tours
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Description:
My Review:
Oh how I enjoyed this book. I found the Southern setting to be both charming and authentic. I also loved the writing style which created a mesmerizing simple tale. Each voice stood out and I felt I could hear the characters in my hear oh so clearly. This story is wonderful because it is unveiled in such a magical and engrossing way. It isn't quite a mystery. The reader quickly recognizes the coming issues and knows how the events unfolded. However, the characters are unaware and we follow Jess, Addie, and Clem as they search for answers and the events unfold.
Overall, you can finish this book in one sitting easily. It's easy to fly through. It's the kind of book that you don't think you'll love but the writing is so spectacular that it picks you up and sets you down in a small town and it makes you love it. Even if the description doesn't rock your boat, you should read it anyway. It is poetic and easy.
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Wow. Sounds fantastic.
ReplyDeleteIt was nice.
DeleteI love Southern settings.
ReplyDeleteme too!
DeleteSouthern settings are the best! Not just saying that because I am from the south LOL
ReplyDeleteWe are so biased.
DeleteI think I'd like this one for the setting alone! I was raised a southerner though I was born in NY, and the south is in me girl. I love the comfort of it and I think this book would evoke that feeling for me!
ReplyDeleteThe south is hard to shake once it takes hold.
DeleteOh, sounds really good!!!
ReplyDeleteI have a soft spot for books set in the south, so I'll try to check this one out.
Me too!
DeleteRight now I honesty can't think of a book where the ending shocked me. I can think of two movies: The Sixth Sense and The Others.
ReplyDeleteI don't know many.
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I think the rafflecopter keeps track.
DeleteA shocking ending, hmm, I think there are more of them in real life than in books. Salinger's short story A Perfect Day for Bananafish had a pretty surprising ending. I wasn't really ready for that.
ReplyDeleteSo. True.
DeleteI always enjoy Southern stories!
ReplyDeleteI recently read Consequences by Aleatha Romig and the ending was quite shocking!
I've never heard of that one. Now I'm wondering about all these endings being mentioned.
DeleteI just finished Just One Day. I found the ending shocking. Well maybe disappointing.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it is both.
DeleteSpectacular writing is more rare than I'd like so I'm glad to see this book praised so highly!
ReplyDeleteThanks for being on the tour.
Thanks for allowing me on the tour.
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