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A review by donnaeve
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash
5.0
I loved this book. Wiley Cash is definitely one of my fave authors now whose works I'll keep reading.
What was special to me in this story was Easter Quillby's "voice." Many times books are compared ad nauseum to one writer or another, yet ultimately fail to deliver on that promise, or leave us wondering how the comparison came to be at all.
Not so when a blurb compared Easter's voice to Ellen Foster in Kaye Gibbon's book by the same title. In his own unique way, Cash succeeded in giving us a comparable, yet unique voice of a twelve year old girl, much like Ellen's. I'll admit I looked forward to Easter's Chapters more than any of the other character's.
I also give it five stars because I felt the ending was perfect, because at various times throughout the story, I couldn't figure how he'd write it. The last sentence? Brilliant.
What was special to me in this story was Easter Quillby's "voice." Many times books are compared ad nauseum to one writer or another, yet ultimately fail to deliver on that promise, or leave us wondering how the comparison came to be at all.
Not so when a blurb compared Easter's voice to Ellen Foster in Kaye Gibbon's book by the same title. In his own unique way, Cash succeeded in giving us a comparable, yet unique voice of a twelve year old girl, much like Ellen's. I'll admit I looked forward to Easter's Chapters more than any of the other character's.
I also give it five stars because I felt the ending was perfect, because at various times throughout the story, I couldn't figure how he'd write it. The last sentence? Brilliant.