A review by reecedarlene
The Ballad of Tom Dooley by Sharyn McCrumb

4.0

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. My preferred genre is more modern day time with modern day stuff going on. I tend to struggle with books that are from an older time and in a setting with a dialect, but this book was so easy to get into. There were some word choices I struggled over since I don't read historical fiction or books set in the south of the USA but this book overall was so well put together and easy to get through. It only took me a month to read because I wasn't putting in the effort to make it through, had I just sat down and done it I could have easily read through this book in a week. I found the characters to all be unique and well developed and I really love the main character, Pauline. The story was thorough and interesting, and even with knowing the folk song about Tom Dooley, I still enjoyed the twists and turns of the plot.