xennicole's Reviews (2.27k)

I won this by way of First Reads.

I read this in just under 4 hours. Just finished it moments ago. It was a good novel. Midwestern. I grew up and currently live in Minnesota, so imagining this small town was almost too easy for me. I just have to open my door and a drive a few miles to the nearest small town. The characters were believable. It was just a good coming of age in your thirties novel.

I read from various places and from other GoodReads reviews that this sort of follows Bon Iver (Justin Vernon), and that the author went to high school with him. I did listen to Bon Iver and The Civil Wars while reading and it was a perfect background noise to the novel.

2.5

I found it boring and I had a hard time staying in the story. I skimmed every one and while. The ending I felt was disappointing.

There were parts I liked. There were parts I skimmed.