This work of southern fiction is startling to begin with as you’re thrown into the abusive life of Sadie Blue and the lives of her fellow neighbours in Baines Creek. The writing style features vignettes of different characters, and I found that the synopsis on the back cover really didn’t encompass exactly how the story is told. However, it’s an affectively written novel that vividly shares its characters’ lives to the readers.
​I found that I was routing for Sadie as I was really attached to her character from the first line. She was a victim in many ways and had been through so much hardship in her young life. I only wish there could have been more of her in the novel.