A review by lara1977
The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz

4.0

This beauty of this book is in how all the different POV's converge to tell an at times ugly story. Each POV is unique and shows the underlying racism and social tensions within the community and the families living there. The descriptive writing vividly illustrates the world-the reader feels like they are right there in the Mississippi Delta with Billie. Highly recommend the audio book! I do feel there were too many different POV's-I would have liked further development of some of them. Billie's character read to me more as being in her earlier twenties rather than her earlier thirties. One relationship in the story seemed to develop out of nowhere and then abruptly end. All the secrets in the story in the name of "protecting" only serve to create more tragedy. The ending just didn't fit for me. This is an important book to read and a difficult book to read because of the subject matter. I learned a lot reading this book, became immersed in the story and am glad I now have this author on my radar.