I liked this book, but it all felt a little too neat. The structure was a little too symmetrical, the story a little too easy. No reveal surprised me, because the structure of the plot made everything too clear from the beginning. I would have liked it to dig deeper in pretty much every way. I wante...
My soul aches.GOD this book hurt.It hurt to read and feel for these characters, and you really had no choice because from the beginning it manipulated your mind with its gently paced story. You followed flash backs, but not an annoying way, which slowly built the tempo. I still don't know if I can f...
Silas Jones is a lone law enforcement officer in small town Mississippi. Twenty years ago a teenage girl disappeared on a date with Larry Ott, Silas’s one-time friend. Back then the law couldn’t prove Larry guilty, but the whole town has shunned him ever since. Now the town’s peace is broken when an...
M, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, humpback, humpback, I.--How southern children are taught to spell MississippiTom FranklinMy wife's family is from Prentiss, Mississippi not far from where the action of this book takes place. When her grandmother died a few ...
Pearl Ruled: CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER by TOM FRANKLIN (p96)Rating: one grudging star of fiveTedious sentences telling a tired old story in an unfresh way. Carolyn twisted his head harder, and Larry pushed at her arm but she had his hair and he told himself not to cry. Then she slammed his head...
This book went straight to my 2012 favorites list. The first thing that struck me about this novel is how totally plausible the whole story is. In fact, I can't picture it happening any differently than is played out. That is probably the most amazing thing about this book. You will find yourself...
Crooked Letter, Crooked LetterThis book moves the reader along two time-lines for the two main characters, one black and one white, as teenage boys and as adult men in a small town in Mississippi. In each time-line a teenage girl has disappeared and the white character is suspected of having abducte...
This is a good ol' Southern mystery that really isn't that much of a mystery, since we know who the culprits are (and aren't) nearly as soon as they are introduced. However, there are some twists and revelations along the way. What this story is really about, though, is not a whodunnit, but the two ...
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