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My enjoyment rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
Source: Personal AUTOGRAPHED copy -- makes it even more disappointing
Sensitive reader: Vulgar language
Larry Ott is his own version of Boo Radley – loner, taunted by neighborhood kids as “Crazy Larry”, misunderstood by his late parents. He only has one friend – Silas “32”Jones — and their shared history includes the mystery of a missing high school girlfriend and the mystery of their true relationship.
I was so disappointed in this book – no mystery, no suspense, only one suspect, no multiple layers to keep you guessing, a few manipulative toys to make you think there was intrigue, when in fact, the author was just blowing smoke.
This was a week of wasted reading. So I'm not going to waste anymore time on a review.
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Oh it's so sad that you hated this book! I liked the character study more than the mystery, but I enjoyed it
ReplyDeleteI didn't get past page 30! Glad to see I wasn't the only one who didn't get the point.
ReplyDeleteoh no... either you have read some bad books in the last year or you are more candid than most (which I applaude). I love your honesty. I know a blogger who writes wonderful reviews even when they dislike the book... beaming reviews.
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I wasn't a fan of this one either. I hated all of the comparisons to classic southern lit too - the South of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter is so dark and so dreary with none of the charms, however small, included by authors like Harper Lee and Flannery O'Connor.
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