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A review by idratherbereading
The Coyotes of Carthage by Steven Wright
4.0
Pretty good debut novel. About 3.5 stars, but rounding up.
Marketing was off - this was billed as a thriller, but it isn't. The story/plot reads more like literary fiction but the prose isn't quite literary either. So it's a bit of an in-between book genre-wise. Maybe it was more of a character study than anything else. Andre was a really compelling character. Wright constructed Andre in such a way that he was deeply flawed, made poor choices, but still wasn't obnoxiously unlikeable.
There was some on-point social commentary about elections in America. The fact that none of it was really surprising is more a state of our world than a comment on the story. However, when it comes to imparting this commentary on American politics, the book did more telling than showing.
The ending was exactly what I wanted it to be.
Marketing was off - this was billed as a thriller, but it isn't. The story/plot reads more like literary fiction but the prose isn't quite literary either. So it's a bit of an in-between book genre-wise. Maybe it was more of a character study than anything else. Andre was a really compelling character. Wright constructed Andre in such a way that he was deeply flawed, made poor choices, but still wasn't obnoxiously unlikeable.
There was some on-point social commentary about elections in America. The fact that none of it was really surprising is more a state of our world than a comment on the story. However, when it comes to imparting this commentary on American politics, the book did more telling than showing.
The ending was exactly what I wanted it to be.