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A review by nssutton
Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
5.0
This was dark and delicious. Watkins writing reminds me a little of Raymond Carver, in pacing, plot and details, but with a side of Cormac McCarthy and Patrick de Witt's The Sisters Brothers. I love the way in which Nevada and a sense of American West, in all it's glory and harshness, tied all of the stories together, the land serving as an undercurrent no matter at which point in history the tales took place.
No story stood out as pushing above or sinking below the others -- the level of consistent, stellar writing was remarkable. Leading with the version of her own twisted family history was such a brave choice. I will follow her without question to whichever land she writes herself next.
No story stood out as pushing above or sinking below the others -- the level of consistent, stellar writing was remarkable. Leading with the version of her own twisted family history was such a brave choice. I will follow her without question to whichever land she writes herself next.