When you read as many books as I do, it
is inevitable to experience burnout.
Believe it or not, occasionally there comes a time when I just don’t
want to start another book. The cure for
this always comes in the form of a book so good that it makes me want to
surround myself with books and start reading again. The book I reviewed below is such a book and
I literally could wait to reach for my e-reader each night.
Currently Reading:
-
My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead
- Partials: Book One in the Partial Sequence by Dan Wells
- Fifty Years in Polygamy: Big Secrets and Little White Lies by Kristyn Decker (received through NetGalley)
-
The Dream Dress by Janice Thompson (received through NetGalley)
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
- The Kids Will Be Fine: Guilt-Free Motherhood for Thoroughly Modern Women by Daisy Waugh (received through LibraryThing)
The
Weight of Blood by Laura
McHugh (received through NetGalley)
5 Stars
Set deep in the Ozark Mountains of
Missouri, author Laura McHugh writes about the small town of Henbane and the impenetrable
ties of family. This novel links two
seemingly unrelated disappearances through the alternating narratives of present-day
seventeen year old Lucy and her mother before she mysteriously disappeared. The mystery unravels slowly and the missing
pieces of what happened to Lucy’s mother as well as the other girl (Lucy’s
childhood friend) are revealed one by one so that there are few twists but that
in no way distracts from the eeriness of the book. The author portrays the strange town of Henbane
and the Ozarks beautifully and tragically.
The characters are complicated, imperfect and relatable. Even the cruel ones had some redeemable
qualities.
The only time when this book lost some
steam was during the second part, when multiple points-of-view were added in to
show different aspects of the story which added an interesting perspective but
also slowed down the story. Overall, I
thought this was an amazing book and I am excited to read her future
novels. I received this book through
NetGalley.
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