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A review by gretel7
The Barrowfields by Phillip Lewis
3.0
I received this ARC from netgalley.com in exchange for a review.
Set in current day in a small Appalachian town in North Carolina, Henry grows up at the foot of his father's writing desk. Tradegy tips his father 'over the edge' and we watch this family unravel.
From the description ... "Mythic in its sweep and mesmeric in its prose" ... in my opinion the writing is voluminous, capacious. "Cadaverous ambience" is just a small example that made me chortle. Too many words describing a very minute thing.
Watching a family spiraling down in a free fall makes good reading. Overall, the story was interesting. The writing was a bit over the top for my taste.
3 ☆
Set in current day in a small Appalachian town in North Carolina, Henry grows up at the foot of his father's writing desk. Tradegy tips his father 'over the edge' and we watch this family unravel.
From the description ... "Mythic in its sweep and mesmeric in its prose" ... in my opinion the writing is voluminous, capacious. "Cadaverous ambience" is just a small example that made me chortle. Too many words describing a very minute thing.
Watching a family spiraling down in a free fall makes good reading. Overall, the story was interesting. The writing was a bit over the top for my taste.
3 ☆