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I picked this book up randomly at my library to fulfill my #Indiana requirement for #ReadingUSA2019.

This book reads like it was set in the deep South. The reader gets a glimpse inside the mind of various characters during a terrible event, a lynching.

The book angered me and saddened me a lot. Given the time frame of the story though, the author did a great job of capturing conflicting mindsets of all people involved.

The Litsyverse has not been kind in reviewing this one, but I'm intrigued.

This has been my life the past few days: Powerade and books because I've been sick.

So, The Evening Road. I thought it was pretty good, in that the story was interesting and I liked the characters (though it seems I'm alone in that opinion) as well as the Faulkner-esque narrative structure and characterization. I haven't read a lot of books about the Midwest. Perhaps I should work on that.

Really had a hard time with this one! I liked the language and in a way the premise but I had a lot of trouble staying engaged. The second half was definitely better than the first but I still found myself checking to see how much I had left.

Having a hard time getting through this! Unlikeable characters have me not feeling super invested. Really vividly and beautifully written though so I am not ready to give up yet! 📖📚😕

Ottie Lee and Calla's lives intersect on the road to Marvel, IN in another breathtakingly well written novel by Laird Hunt. This time he tackles race, class, and gender built around the story of a public lynching of three black men. How Hunt writes so well in women's voices across times and places is God's own little miracle. Read it NOW for its challenging topic and its gorgrous prose.