A review by the_enobee
Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich

3.0

I read Bull Mountain over the weekend while camping, and I must say this was an excellent match for outdoors reading. The descriptions of the land and events are vivid and well written in what I found to be an original voice. I ended up enjoying the first half of this book much more than the second half. The story changed gears in a way that felt somewhat forced. I was a little disappointed because this story seemed to be striving for a heightened narrative on family and a family's relationship to the land they own and live on, but seemed to eschew that in favor of action scenes with questionable motivations in the second half. This was still a highly enjoyable novel. The history of the Burroughs family was incredibly interesting to read, especially having insight into the family situation in 2015. While the book had its flaws, at around 300 pages, I would recommend this to anyone looking for a nice dose of family crime fiction from an impressive new author.