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3.5 stars
What I liked:
The setting--the flooding Mississippi River in 1927
The theme--man vs. nature
My favorite characters were two of the convicts (you'll know who)
The ending--it worked for me
What didn't quite work:
This is usually what happens with novellas for me. They are too short for me to become fully invested in the characters. While I was able to recognize Krueger's signature style of bringing to life the setting, I just didn't relate to these characters the way I did with Ordinary Grace, This Tender Land, and his Cork O'Connor books.
The narrator was decent, but I've become used to David Chandler's voice for his books that it wasn't quite the same. One of my favorite books by Krueger, This Tender Land, is narrated by Scott Brick, also one of my favorite narrators, so it would be hard to beat that. While I did listen to Ordinary Grace by Rich Orlow, I don't remember that as much re: the narrator.
Overall, I'd say this was a solid 3-3.5 stars for me.
What I liked:
The setting--the flooding Mississippi River in 1927
The theme--man vs. nature
My favorite characters were two of the convicts (you'll know who)
The ending--it worked for me
What didn't quite work:
This is usually what happens with novellas for me. They are too short for me to become fully invested in the characters. While I was able to recognize Krueger's signature style of bringing to life the setting, I just didn't relate to these characters the way I did with Ordinary Grace, This Tender Land, and his Cork O'Connor books.
The narrator was decent, but I've become used to David Chandler's voice for his books that it wasn't quite the same. One of my favorite books by Krueger, This Tender Land, is narrated by Scott Brick, also one of my favorite narrators, so it would be hard to beat that. While I did listen to Ordinary Grace by Rich Orlow, I don't remember that as much re: the narrator.
Overall, I'd say this was a solid 3-3.5 stars for me.