Completed: December 9, 2025
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Media: Audio
Recommended by: The Booker Prize
Review:
This is an interesting look at small town rural life. It has all of the drama you might expect from any novel with the added touch of everyone knowing everyone. As I read, it became clearer to me how the different pieces were going to go together, so the tiny amount of mystery did not attract me. What did attract me, however, was how Miller was going to put it all together. I also, have to admit that I did not think about the daily grind of rural life in the 1960s and how even small climactic changes can have such a big impact. At the start of the book, I had a little bit of trouble grasping where the book was going--that is because the start was intended to throw the reader off a bit. Of course, it all tied in, but it took a while. The story is written with a degree of subtleness. Miller doesn't throw plot twists in your face, he seems to bring you along for the ride rather than try to catch you out.
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