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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Quite a departure from his usual writing topic & style. This was a very good book, set in the sleepy cotton country of Arkansas. The story told by 7 year old Luke Chandler, becomes his book of family & town secrets so to speak. Luke will get a lickin if he divulges any of the secrets he knows, so he holds them in, even if it costs him a few nights' sleep. He dreads picking cotton & dreams of a career on the Cardinal's baseball team. A wonderfully written story. 4 stars.
It's been a long time since I've read this book (I need to read it again) but what I remember is that at a time when I still wasn't too excited about books I really liked this book. I actually read it while on vacation which is surprising (at least for me) since I was maybe 12-14 at the time.
I loved this book, mainly in that it was so very un-Grisham. You expect certain things, certain stories when you pick up a Grisham. This is a historical piece, and it puts you right into the world. Highly impressed.
About the only Grisham story NOT about court cases. This one had me laughing out loud. Grisham's style of writing is so sardonic, you can't help but crack up. One can elicit a lot of symbolism with the unpainted house, the farm vs. the town, the desire to leave vs. the necessity to stay, etc.
slow-paced