A review by btothebooks
Deacon King Kong by James McBride

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Its a good read, but I found it very slow at the beginning and hard to engage with. There’s a lot of run on sentences (one filled half of a page) that can make it difficult to read in passing. Around half way it picked up and moved faster, which made it easier to get through. 
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