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The River of Kings
by Taylor Brown
I received a digital arc of this book from NetGalley/publishers in exchange for an honest review.
The River of Kings is a story telling three different perspectives. In modern day, two brother - Hunter and Lawton - are going on an adventure down the Altamaha river to say a final goodbye to their father and spread his ashes. In 1564, French artist Le Moyne is sharing his life at Fort Caroline - an early French settlement in what would become the United States. And through it all, we also see chapters told from Hunter and Lawton's fathers point of view. Through it all, the reader is told of a strange monster believed to inhabit the river - the Altamaha-ha.
This is one of those kind of books where I did enjoy it but I don't have a whole load to say about it. I thought Taylor Brown's writing was very beautiful and descriptive and the way he wrote really brought the sights, sounds and smells of the river alive.
I really enjoyed the historical aspect of this book. I don't know a whole lot about the early days of the United States and thought it all rather fascinated. I was interested to see the intense rivalry between the French and Spanish, as well as the explorers need for the natives and the terrible way they often treated them even though they needed them to survive.
Lawton and Hunter were both interesting character and quite different to one another. I liked the bond they clearly had and the easy camaraderie they shared. I also loved the conversation they had at one point where Hunter expresses his concerns over his weight and tells Lawton about the guys in college who are extremely bulked up. It was brief but honest and refreshing and it was nice to see two 'manly' men talk about weight and looks like this.
There was a brief moment in this book that contained a scene of child sexual abuse. It was a bit graphic for me and really repulsed me - I hadn't really seen it coming and felt it very random. While I understood it was there to reinforce a bond two characters had, I just feel it could have been something differentand not a strange man forcing a kid at gunpoint to give him a blowjob.
The River of Kings is a story telling three different perspectives. In modern day, two brother - Hunter and Lawton - are going on an adventure down the Altamaha river to say a final goodbye to their father and spread his ashes. In 1564, French artist Le Moyne is sharing his life at Fort Caroline - an early French settlement in what would become the United States. And through it all, we also see chapters told from Hunter and Lawton's fathers point of view. Through it all, the reader is told of a strange monster believed to inhabit the river - the Altamaha-ha.
This is one of those kind of books where I did enjoy it but I don't have a whole load to say about it. I thought Taylor Brown's writing was very beautiful and descriptive and the way he wrote really brought the sights, sounds and smells of the river alive.
I really enjoyed the historical aspect of this book. I don't know a whole lot about the early days of the United States and thought it all rather fascinated. I was interested to see the intense rivalry between the French and Spanish, as well as the explorers need for the natives and the terrible way they often treated them even though they needed them to survive.
Lawton and Hunter were both interesting character and quite different to one another. I liked the bond they clearly had and the easy camaraderie they shared. I also loved the conversation they had at one point where Hunter expresses his concerns over his weight and tells Lawton about the guys in college who are extremely bulked up. It was brief but honest and refreshing and it was nice to see two 'manly' men talk about weight and looks like this.
There was a brief moment in this book that contained a scene of child sexual abuse. It was a bit graphic for me and really repulsed me - I hadn't really seen it coming and felt it very random. While I understood it was there to reinforce a bond two characters had, I just feel it could have been something different