When I first started this book, I thought ho-hum. I kept
reading. I kept reading. I could’ve easily finished this one in a day if I had
had the time. I devoured this one in less than a week. This is one that I
could’ve sacrificed my usual bedtime for.
I really liked the fact that the author had characters that
were true-to-life, in their mannerisms, their speech patterns, their
relationships, down to Black versus white (sadly, that’s still a ‘thing’ these
days).
Titus Crown, the sheriff. He had to deal with some pretty
heavy-handed things in his life, broken relationships, grieving his mother, his
father’s health and their relationship, the relationship he had with his
brother, keeping his hometown of Charon together, and trying to figure out who
brought the badness down on his town.
The more he investigated, the more he learned about things
unheard of happening on his watch as sheriff, the more he learned about his own
staff.
I liked the graphicness of some of the scenes portrayed
between these pages as it brought a sense of realness to this tragic tale, and
it really is a tragic tale.
I found this to be an example of good writing that is filled
with controversial issues, but they are handled in such a way as to make the
story believable and hold a sense of realism in the telling.
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