A review by ryanterry
The River Why by David James Duncan

3.0

The first third or maybe half of this book had me prepared to give it one, maybe two stars. It seemed like it would just be 400 pages of unbelievable and not even really enjoyable fishing tales peppered with intolerable fishing caricatures. But the second half I enjoyed almost as much as anything else I’ve read this year, particularly the last hundred pages or so, when the humans of the story become much more human. So I’ll settle in the middle with three stars.

If you don’t like fishing, probably not worth the read honestly. But if you do, it’s worth the trudge through the first 150 pages to get to the good part.