louie4 's review for:

The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Page turner. This book shook me. Such strong character development that I felt pain and deep sadness for several of them.  One night I couldn’t sleep after reading a chapter. So good , informative, but sad. Good wrap up at end. Wally Lamb is such a skillful author. Oprah was correct!