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A review by thebookishfeminist
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
5.0
BLACKTOP WASTELAND is a unique, twisting, expertly crafted crime/mystery that shows S. A. Cosby’s mastery of language and novel while also keeping us on our seats. It follows Beauregard Montage (“Bug”) as he takes on one last job in his former career as a getaway driver. He’d gotten out of that life and is a father, husband, and business owner, but when the going gets tough, Bug decides to try one last thing to save his business and family.
Cosby takes us on a thrilling ride (no pun intended. Really!) as Bug tries to finish this job and finally walk away from the business he’d worked so hard to get out of. There are twists and gorgeous prose, and BLACKTOP WASTELAND is a thrilling noir novel. The fact that Cosby also has this really nuanced and implied way of tackling masculinity and the role and expectations of men in our society was genius, and it just put me over the edge with my admiration for this book. I won this as a giveaway and am so grateful! I can’t wait to add a physical copy to my bookshelves. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for this advance copy. I haven’t read Cosby’s debut novel and now I know that’s an enormous oversight that needs to get corrected ASAP!
Cosby takes us on a thrilling ride (no pun intended. Really!) as Bug tries to finish this job and finally walk away from the business he’d worked so hard to get out of. There are twists and gorgeous prose, and BLACKTOP WASTELAND is a thrilling noir novel. The fact that Cosby also has this really nuanced and implied way of tackling masculinity and the role and expectations of men in our society was genius, and it just put me over the edge with my admiration for this book. I won this as a giveaway and am so grateful! I can’t wait to add a physical copy to my bookshelves. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for this advance copy. I haven’t read Cosby’s debut novel and now I know that’s an enormous oversight that needs to get corrected ASAP!