Whitney TerrellRecensioni

3.5

Remembrance of the Johnson County old farm house in the field for drinking parties

An engaging story about a shady-but-charismatic businessman; an interesting coming-of-age tale; and a fascinating look at part of my city’s ugly history.

This book's structure is the star but unfortunately the characters pale in comparison to it's unique flow. I never found a way to like any of these characters and therefore didn't care about why they were in the situations they were in.

Unusual format, with the author working backward from the climax in the first chapter, It just felt like the author re-shuffled the deck to be cute. Which was annoying, because the story is good enough to stand on its own without resorting to cute.

This is the story of the futility of our invasion of Iraq, captured in one otherwise nondescript IED, a relationship in extremis, and some shackles.

main character was an ass, improbably (maybe?) fortunate life, but refuses to accept love & joy in his life