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If I hadn't gone into this book knowing it was nonfiction, I would have disregarded half of it as over-the-top. But I guess that's what I love about the South.
This magical, atmospheric, hilarious, dark book is a novel-like look at a real murder that took place in 1981. The murder doesn't happen until about halfway through so I won't spoil it for you, but I can promise you'll be plenty entertained by every single page leading up to it.
I highlighted so many wonderful phrases and was thoroughly charmed by all of these characters. I'm half ready to move to Savannah.
This magical, atmospheric, hilarious, dark book is a novel-like look at a real murder that took place in 1981. The murder doesn't happen until about halfway through so I won't spoil it for you, but I can promise you'll be plenty entertained by every single page leading up to it.
I highlighted so many wonderful phrases and was thoroughly charmed by all of these characters. I'm half ready to move to Savannah.
HOLY MOTHER OF TYPOS, BATMAN. I found a typo on every single painful page of this book. There were so many that I gave up on reporting them to Amazon because it was taking so long to get through a page. Fucking unbelievable. I've seen better self-published books. This is embarrassing.
The story itself is interesting. I loved the use of first person, and I liked the expert way Jenkins shows you Austin's depression. But his relationship with Heather was almost as aggravating as the typos, and I didn't feel like any of the characters behaved like real teenagers.
The story itself is interesting. I loved the use of first person, and I liked the expert way Jenkins shows you Austin's depression. But his relationship with Heather was almost as aggravating as the typos, and I didn't feel like any of the characters behaved like real teenagers.
This is not a bad book, it is just not a book for me. There are always exceptions, but I generally do not like unreliable narrators and open endings. Kiernan did an amazing job with both, but at the end (despite my small pleasure at the last page of the book being dated my 21st birthday) I found myself so frustrated that I didn't know what events were real and what were not, and that kind of thing makes me crazy. The end pages had so many small moments that felt like they should have been revelations but weren't, and that was extremely frustrating.
The writing is beautiful. Imp is so well-crafted. I can't say the same for the supporting characters, but it didn't feel like a lack, exactly. It's a good book, if it's in your wheelhouse.
The writing is beautiful. Imp is so well-crafted. I can't say the same for the supporting characters, but it didn't feel like a lack, exactly. It's a good book, if it's in your wheelhouse.
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This time I read the SparkNotes, so I get the satire, but this is so god-awful boring it just isn't worth it.