A review by margaretmechinus
A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Flannery O’Conner is a main character in this book set in her small home town in Milledgeville, Georgia in the 1960s. The characters are sad, the situations are dark,  it the writing is excellent. I’ll be thinking about this book and Flannery O’Conner for a while. 

Apparently, this is written in the style of Flannery O’Conner, and as she herself says of characters in her own stories- “Grace changes a person…and change is painful.”