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A review by gilmoreguide
The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz
2.0
(2.5)
The Gone Dead takes place in the Mississippi Delta and, sadly, is as meandering and muddy as the river itself. When Billie James inherits her father’s cabin she goes home after 30 years away. A poet and activist, his death was deemed an accident, but there are whispers it may have been murder. The novel follows her as she tries to find answers, but aside from the rampant racism in the town where she’s staying, nothing else becomes clear until the very last chapter. Too many ancillary characters, including a professor who wants to write a book about her father.
The Gone Dead takes place in the Mississippi Delta and, sadly, is as meandering and muddy as the river itself. When Billie James inherits her father’s cabin she goes home after 30 years away. A poet and activist, his death was deemed an accident, but there are whispers it may have been murder. The novel follows her as she tries to find answers, but aside from the rampant racism in the town where she’s staying, nothing else becomes clear until the very last chapter. Too many ancillary characters, including a professor who wants to write a book about her father.