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A review by dave37
Mink River by Brian Doyle
5.0
I struggled with this book for the first 50 pages or so. So many characters, several of whom are known by more than one name, bits and pieces and glimpses of brilliance, mixed with confusion in the storyline, but there were enough moments of beauty, and laughter and pain, that I decided to stick with it. I'm extremely glad that I did.
The book itself didn't change after those first 50 pages, I did. I chose to accept the book as it was, and just slip into the quirkiness - permitting myself to flip back when needed to be reminded of a character who hadn't appeared in ages, or who seemed only a bit player previously - mining for clues and insights. Slowly learning to know the town of Neawanaka, and its complex, flawed, wonderfully human (even the talking crow . . .) inhabitants. I'll carry many of them with me in my heart for a long, long time, which is about as high of praise as I can offer.
The book itself didn't change after those first 50 pages, I did. I chose to accept the book as it was, and just slip into the quirkiness - permitting myself to flip back when needed to be reminded of a character who hadn't appeared in ages, or who seemed only a bit player previously - mining for clues and insights. Slowly learning to know the town of Neawanaka, and its complex, flawed, wonderfully human (even the talking crow . . .) inhabitants. I'll carry many of them with me in my heart for a long, long time, which is about as high of praise as I can offer.