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by Donald Ray Pollock
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Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 9 years ago
bookshelves: autumn-2015, noir, nutty-nuut, ohio, north-americas, e-book, gothic, southern, tbr-busting-2015, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, published-2011, amusing, bullies, casual-violence, cousin-love, decline-disintergration-degradation, disaster, doo-lally, eye-scorcher, foxtrotted-uniform,...
Tami
Tami rated it 10 years ago
I couldn't put this down, read it in one go, was drawn in at the first page. Wow. This was not a light or mild read. This was a dark story with many characters that you could firmly put it the "bad to evil" section. But that doesn't sound completely right, because every character gets its own st...
Loves books and cats
Loves books and cats rated it 11 years ago
Don’t read this book if you are depressed or need some kind of feel good story. This is full of murder, rape, and generally depressing stuff. And yet, it one of those novels that you want to know what is going to happen next. Holy crap, these are some sick individuals in this novel. There are...
Jema reads
Jema reads rated it 11 years ago
Awesome in all it's gore. Recommended for anyone that loves Faulkner or Nick Cave
Bonnie
Bonnie rated it 12 years ago
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars"...rich people did fine and dandy as long as things were going their way, but the minute the shit hit the fan, they fell apart like paper dolls left out in the rain."The Devil All the Time spans decades and showcases several unforgettable individuals. We're first introduced...
Yuki
Yuki rated it 12 years ago
The Devil All the Time is freaking haunting. Seriously. It has everything that VERY good novel ought to have. The writing is excellent, the characters are.. they are, lets say, and the fast-paced plot makes the reader turn the pages. I loved the atmosphere, hell, I loved how sometimes the events or ...
runner
runner rated it 12 years ago
A truly brilliant exciting and enthralling read that had me hooked from page one! There are some really unsavoury characters in a story that follows the lives of Arvin Russell, serial killers Carl and Sandy Henderson,and the ultimate evil in the form of preacher Preston Teagardin. The storyline and ...
CluckingBell
CluckingBell rated it 12 years ago
So many characters in this book were totally messed up and/or depraved that it was kind of counterproductive. I mean, I just wasn't very interested or disturbed by any of it—not because I so quickly became inured to it, but more because there was little to contrast it against. It was kind of like ...
Redacted
Redacted rated it 12 years ago
Great, unforgettable hillbilly noir. Review soon
Dantastic Book Reviews
Dantastic Book Reviews rated it 12 years ago
Willard Russell prays over a prayer log for his cancer-ridden wife with his son, Arvin. A spider-eating preacher is convinced he can bring back the dead. A husband and wife pick up hitchhikers, photograph them, and kill them. How will all of their paths intersect?[b:Knockemstiff|1704719|Knockemst...
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