A review by joelkarpowitz
The Kept by James Scott

3.0

I think author James Scott is aiming for something between Cormac McCarthy and John Steinbeck, and there are passages here that really succeed. But it's also drawn out much longer than it needs to be, and Scott never quite makes these characters believable or their psychology anything less than opaque. That can be effective, but I found myself getting bored a little more than I should have. I'll read more novels by him, because I do see promise, but it's not fleshed out yet.