hedegaard

This was a haunting book and largely well written. The alternating POV was pretty annoying though and often contrived. And actually, I wish it had not been so heavily plotted. What made this book sing was not the action so much as it was the place and the feeling it evoked and described. I love the Mon Valley and had the chance to spend some time there and so reading this modern day account of life after steel was just striking. That said, there is always a danger in projecting your thoughts and feelings onto a community from which you are not a part. I don't know enough about the author's background to be sure, but at times some of the things the characters said and did felt wrong somehow. Despite all those points, something about this really stuck with me and really pulled me in. And it's the sort of book that leaves something behind.

2023-06-23 22:44