A review by nicole_bookmarked
Shoot the Moonlight Out by William Boyle

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Max runs a Ponzi scheme out of his dump of an office while drinking carton after carton of milk. Lily returns to Brooklyn after college and teaches a creative writing course out of the church basement. Charlie is a low-level mobster with a backpack full of money and drugs. Jack lost his daughter, wife, and parents and is now a neighborhood do-good vigilante. Francesca dreams of getting out of town of making movies in Los Angeles. Bobby is Max's assistant, tortured by a fatal mistake he made years ago as a teenager. These stories and characters converge and connect, crash and burn. 

Boyne's novels are gritty and uncompromising. He shines a light on the middle to low-income Italian American community living in Brooklyn. There's lots of violence and death, but there's also lots of love and hope. He's fast becoming one of my favorite authors. 

Thank you to Oldcastle Books, No Exit Press, and NetGalley for an advance review copy in exchange for an honest review. #ShootTheMoonlightOut #NetGalley