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A review by sportingbill
Groundskeeping by Lee Cole
3.0
Two rules to make it to the end of a book: well-written or good plot. This was a struggle as the story wasn't all that gripping. The first-person story being told by a writer should make the prose engaging and it was for the most part. The ending was off-beat but the next page revealed the author had gone to the Iowa writers workshop. Coincidence?
One irritation that never resolved: central character found a minimum-wage job on a tree crew at a college. Author seemed to know a lot about tree work and we got glimpses of it and the central character's noting of trees throughout. However, can't square the belittling of his job with the specialized nature of an arborist who straps on the harnesses and climbs the trees. That is a skill and not an entry-level if-you-can't-find-anything-else type of job.
One irritation that never resolved: central character found a minimum-wage job on a tree crew at a college. Author seemed to know a lot about tree work and we got glimpses of it and the central character's noting of trees throughout. However, can't square the belittling of his job with the specialized nature of an arborist who straps on the harnesses and climbs the trees. That is a skill and not an entry-level if-you-can't-find-anything-else type of job.