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A review by billymac1962
Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich
3.0
I liked it well enough.
Bull Mountain was structured nicely. It alternated from present day to a couple of past periods which gives us a good overview of how this hillbilly druglord saga came to be and how it was sustained. The characters were well done for the most part, and I was particularly pleased with the story arc of Angel when that happened. It was at that point where the story really went broad scope in a good way.
I'm not gushing over it like most reviewers are, but it was something that I needed at the time. I love the show Ozark, and already miss it a lot, so this was a nice stop gap measure with some Fargo-esque flavour added. Lots of family loyalty and violence, as expected.
Hick-lit is almost becoming a thing, and a lot of people are loving this novel because of that. I was interested but for some reason not as fully engrossed at times as I would have liked, particularly towards the end, but it did scratch the itch I had. I'm glad I read it.
Bull Mountain was structured nicely. It alternated from present day to a couple of past periods which gives us a good overview of how this hillbilly druglord saga came to be and how it was sustained. The characters were well done for the most part, and I was particularly pleased with the story arc of Angel when that happened. It was at that point where the story really went broad scope in a good way.
I'm not gushing over it like most reviewers are, but it was something that I needed at the time. I love the show Ozark, and already miss it a lot, so this was a nice stop gap measure with some Fargo-esque flavour added. Lots of family loyalty and violence, as expected.
Hick-lit is almost becoming a thing, and a lot of people are loving this novel because of that. I was interested but for some reason not as fully engrossed at times as I would have liked, particularly towards the end, but it did scratch the itch I had. I'm glad I read it.