I’m not even sure how to review this book. It was a tough read, in that it provoked powerfully conflicting emotions. Being a fan of horror fiction, it’s not as though graphic violence is especially off-putting for me, but this portrayed graphic violence in a setting of utter realism, in a segment of...
I felt sorry for Ree throughout this whole novel. The responsibilities and her mannerisms reminded me a thirty-year old woman and here she was just sixteen. She was forced to be the head-of-the-household as the adults in her life have checked out. Her mother is sick and has been for quite some time,...
Just wow. This is a great book. I can't begin to describe Ree, but she's one of the toughest characters I've ever read. And somehow, misery- and violence-filled though Woodrell's Ozarks seem to be, he somehow makes them magical
4.5 starsI love it when I read a book or watch a movie and I discover a new and unique world or community that I was never familiar with before. Daniel Woodrell writes about the tight knit communities in the Missouri Ozark Mountains. I'm almost totally unfamiliar with small American towns like this,...
I checked this book out from my library after someone at one of my author talks raved about it. I enjoyed it so much that I bought my own copy today--I'm certain that I'll reread it. It contains one of the best passages demonstrating the use of description of setting to convey emotion--what MFA'ers ...
What a wonderfully dark, but beautiful book... It's hard to describe a book like this and get it right, it's so deeply lyrical with solitary beauty. Nature, red tooth and nail comes to mind, but also the inhuman nature of man. Ree is such a strong well drawn character with the world upon her shoulde...
bookshelves: film-only, winter-20112012, north-americas, published-2007, mystery-thriller, families, bucolic-or-pastoral, recreational-drugs Read from February 07 to 08, 2012 - An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father wh...
This NEVER happens but I can't even finish this book. I'm 3/4 through and its the most boring story ever. The writing is difficult to read which makes the story drag on even more. I did not enjoy this book, nor do I recommend it to anyone. I give it a big fat 0!!! :(
Ree Dolly is just about the bravest and most admirable character I've ever read about in any book. She isn't the tough chick seeking adventure, or the chosen one finally gathering the courage to pick up the mantle. She's a survivor in the truest sense, and only armed with a shotgun and her smarts an...
I always, always slip back into a deep Southern drawl whenever I visit my family in southern Arkansas. I’ve worked hard over the years to neutralize my accent and hopefully talk like a “normal” person. So at first it’s really frustrating when I revert back to it, but after a while it feels natural a...
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