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A review by dfostermartin
The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz
3.0
I liked The Gone Dead. The author did a great job of interweaving historical commentary (recent and ancient) throughout the story. It did feel like there was a climax that the novel was working towards that didn’t ever peak. Still, it was a good read and an interesting entry into the world of the Mississippi Delta.
“I was thinking on the drive about how the desire to change is uniquely expressed in this landscape, by which I mean how the Mississippi River seeks to merge with the Atchafalaya River, which would of course flood this whole area, so that it would be a sort of Delta Atlantis, and how the Mississippi’s desire to change course is thwarted by the Army Corp of Engineers. What’s so fascinating to me is how the tension between our desire for stasis and the natural world’s appetite for change is such a potent symbol for this region.”
“I was thinking on the drive about how the desire to change is uniquely expressed in this landscape, by which I mean how the Mississippi River seeks to merge with the Atchafalaya River, which would of course flood this whole area, so that it would be a sort of Delta Atlantis, and how the Mississippi’s desire to change course is thwarted by the Army Corp of Engineers. What’s so fascinating to me is how the tension between our desire for stasis and the natural world’s appetite for change is such a potent symbol for this region.”