A review by readermonica
Solemn: A Novel by Kalisha Buckhanon

This book is killing my wonderful book high that I was riding after finishing The Obelisk Gate, so I am going to abandon it for the time being. I'm getting frustrated with the dialogue and 'feel' of the book. Although the book is set in the late 1990's, the main characters and community come through as if they are living sometime before the Civil Rights era. The way language is used, the casual mention that no one in the community votes, the community is a trailer park where the people have been 'tricked' into being tenants (there are even outhouses that were communally dug), every man introduced so far is unlikable, and finally the fact that a baby goes missing and the police want to wait at least 24 hours to investigate have all contributed to me needing to walk away from this one. All of this may have been fine if the writing had caught me up, but unfortunately that isn't the case so far.

This may be a case of me not being in the right frame of mind to take in and appreciate this story. I may someday come back to this one; especially since this was, admittedly, mostly a cover buy and I bought the hardback edition. I hate the idea of having paid for a hardback and can't even finish it-that hurts my cheapskate soul. No rating on this one.

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