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A review by quinnclancy
Hard Fall by James Buchanan
3.0
I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book has some great characters and a decent story, however the voice throughout is very authentic to Utah and while it is a great talent to get the narrator's voice to match the protagonist, esp when in first person, this was a sticking point for me as I found myself confused and having to re-read a lot of sentences. Perhaps it's because I'm Irish not American but I just couldn't wrap my head around the speak too much. I acclimated towards the end of the novel, but I still have no idea what the first chapter was saying. To me the book started in chapter 2. There was also a lot of technical climbing talk that half were explained and half just flew over my head.
I enjoyed getting to know the characters of Joe and Kabe and see their relationship develop. Joe is quite somber except when he climbs and slowly throughout the book when he's with Kabe. Kabe is closed off and hard to read until he's out on a cliff face. The story centers around their relationship and Joe being forced out of the closet. Each of the characters felt different and mostly fully fleshed out, though some were just names we heard which made the town seem bigger. The sub-plot of the murder seemed to be dealt with too quickly and not really featured too much. It would have been nice to see a bit more.
This book has some great characters and a decent story, however the voice throughout is very authentic to Utah and while it is a great talent to get the narrator's voice to match the protagonist, esp when in first person, this was a sticking point for me as I found myself confused and having to re-read a lot of sentences. Perhaps it's because I'm Irish not American but I just couldn't wrap my head around the speak too much. I acclimated towards the end of the novel, but I still have no idea what the first chapter was saying. To me the book started in chapter 2. There was also a lot of technical climbing talk that half were explained and half just flew over my head.
I enjoyed getting to know the characters of Joe and Kabe and see their relationship develop. Joe is quite somber except when he climbs and slowly throughout the book when he's with Kabe. Kabe is closed off and hard to read until he's out on a cliff face. The story centers around their relationship and Joe being forced out of the closet. Each of the characters felt different and mostly fully fleshed out, though some were just names we heard which made the town seem bigger. The sub-plot of the murder seemed to be dealt with too quickly and not really featured too much. It would have been nice to see a bit more.