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leaphornlover's review against another edition
2.0
It was just OK. I don't know if it would have been better had I NOT known the one guy died at the end. The people they met were interesting but not compelling. This is certainly NOT a "Good Bye to a River" level novel.
showard1011's review against another edition
3.0
Like other reviews, I was a little disappointed in how the author talked about certain topics. As a lifetime resident of the Connecticut River Valley, I'd hoped for a more naunced approach to the very real issues that affect the river: environmental degradation, changing populations, and lack of support for conservation. I found David to really misread his friend's emotions, and I really question how it never occurred to him that something might be up. Like others, I was also bothered by the treatment of women and people who weren't like them, especially Native Americans. I really think this could have used a good editor, to focus the points of the novel and dull some of the rude and thoughtless commentary. The author was fairly unapologetic about his writing style, so I shouldn't have been surprised.
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