Author: William Kent Krueger
Genre: Mystery, Standalone
Published: 2013
Personal Rating: 3/5 (just okay)
Format/Narrator: Audiobook/Rich Orlow
Yearly Count: 49
It's 1961, and the Drum family experience a Minnesota summer none of them will forget.
I found this novel to be a bit too slow for my liking. If I had been reading it, I probably would have set it aside. However, being that I was doing some major house renovations, I just kept listening away as I worked. It took me 3/4 of the book before I actually became interested. Oddly enough, I did like the characters, the storyline and the narrator. Maybe if my circumstances were different, I would have enjoyed it more. I think the slow pace wasn't conducive to my actions at the time of listening. Others seem to be loving it.
I read this in print and loved it - I wonder if it lost something in the audio translation.
ReplyDeleteBermudaonion ~ I liked the narrator. I really think it was just too slow for what I was doing when listening.
DeleteIt's really fun how frame of mind and what you're currently doing at the time can really either make or break a book!!!
ReplyDeleteStaci ~ Sometimes authors can't win for nothing! I feel for them. They may have the best book ever, but timing is everything for a reader. I'm believing that more and more.
DeleteOh, no! I won the book and have been anxious to read it, as I've heard great things about it. Maybe this will be one we disagree on? :)
ReplyDeleteLes ~ For your sake, I hope we do! :) It's slightly reminiscent of The Homecoming of Samuel Lake (which I loved!), but doesn't come anywhere near the impact. (for me, anyway) You tend to like quieter books than I do, so there's a good chance you'll rate it higher. I did like it, just not as much as I would have hoped.
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