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The Gone Dead
by Chanelle Benz
3.5***
One of the prompts for my local public library's reading challenge this year is a book related to your ancestry. I was struggling to find something and a cool librarian recommended this to me. I follow new releases pretty closely so I was surprised to have never heard of this book or author, especially since the synopsis sounded like it would be right up my alley. It was.
I missed the buzz on this (if there was any?) and went into this book completely unaware. I was shocked at what I found here. The Gone Dead is a slow, winding, story that sneaks up on you. It's unassuming until it isn't. I won't say much more than that because I think it's best to go into this one blind.
I will say that my dad was born in Mississippi in the 1960's. He grew up about 30 minutes from where Emmett Till was murdered. I've spent some time in the Delta and this book captures the weight of the swamps and the fabric of the areas racist history. There were parts that felt too labored and the professor character was a snooze. I also found the MC's naivete unlikely and the pacing didn't work that well for me. But overall, I really enjoyed it. I was gripped by the dialogue and the quiet mystery. It started to heat up around 70% and I couldn't put it down after that.
One of the prompts for my local public library's reading challenge this year is a book related to your ancestry. I was struggling to find something and a cool librarian recommended this to me. I follow new releases pretty closely so I was surprised to have never heard of this book or author, especially since the synopsis sounded like it would be right up my alley. It was.
I missed the buzz on this (if there was any?) and went into this book completely unaware. I was shocked at what I found here. The Gone Dead is a slow, winding, story that sneaks up on you. It's unassuming until it isn't. I won't say much more than that because I think it's best to go into this one blind.
I will say that my dad was born in Mississippi in the 1960's. He grew up about 30 minutes from where Emmett Till was murdered. I've spent some time in the Delta and this book captures the weight of the swamps and the fabric of the areas racist history. There were parts that felt too labored and the professor character was a snooze. I also found the MC's naivete unlikely and the pacing didn't work that well for me. But overall, I really enjoyed it. I was gripped by the dialogue and the quiet mystery. It started to heat up around 70% and I couldn't put it down after that.