A review by laurelinwonder
Down River by John Hart

3.0

This ended up not nearly as captivating as the other two books I have read by John Hart. It fell into his usual rhythm, had some tightly wound plot points and characters. Which I appreciated, but at the same time, it wrapped up so quick & neat, when it was such a messy tale of what family can do to one another. The women who played such important roles in this book were also a little flat at times, and I am sure Hart meant that to make sense by the end, but it made me care a whole lot less about those characters. Furthermore, for a book with so many characters, I would have liked to have known them better, I suppose this is a trap of first person narration, but I still think we could have seen more through Adam's eyes. I didn't hate this book, and I would recommend it, but I would recommend "The Last Child" first, then "Iron House", then this.