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West of Here
West of Here | Jonathan Evison
At the foot of the Elwha River, the muddy outpost of Port Bonita is about to boom, fueled by a ragtag band of dizzyingly disparate men and women unified only in their visions of a more prosperous future. A failed accountant by the name of Ethan Thornburgh has just arrived in Port Bonita to reclaim the woman he loves and start a family. Ethan’s obsession with a brighter future impels the damming of the mighty Elwha to harness its power and put Port Bonita on the map. More than a century later, his great-great grandson, a middle manager at a failing fish- packing plant, is destined to oversee the undoing of that vision, as the great Thornburgh dam is marked for demolition, having blocked the very lifeline that could have sustained the town. West of Here is a grand and playful odyssey, a multilayered saga of destiny and greed, adventure and passion, that chronicles the life of one small town, turning America’s history into myth, and myth into a nation’s shared experience.
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aa_guer2021
West of Here | Jonathan Evison
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Mehso-so

I was determined not to bail on this book, and so I powered through and finished it over the weekend. Unfortunately, despite the beautiful cover and interesting premise all it scored with me was a "meh." Overall a little bit long-winded, meandering and less than enthusiastic. There was some drama and some characters that made an impression (Krig and Rita) for whom I pushed through to the end. #recentlyread #nospoilers #notmycupoftea #meh

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aa_guer2021
West of Here | Jonathan Evison
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Book 2 from the #24B4Monday readathon #PopJarGame. Picked this up at the library purely on the cover art and the blurb inside. We'll see how far I get with it today, on this rainy Sunday. 🤔☔📚
@TheReadingMermaid

BeansPage It is a pretty cover. I think I would have picked that one up too! 5y
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Curley_Bender
West of Here | Jonathan Evison
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For such a thick book with so many characters, there were only a handful I could really sink my teeth into. But Evison did a great job evoking the beautiful and rugged Olympic Peninsula. This book was a joy to read.

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underthebelljar
West of Here | Jonathan Evison
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#LyricalApril Day 17 - #maps

There are some cute maps in this book that takes place on the Olympic peninsula in Washington state.

Cinfhen I appreciate a simple "cute" map ? 7y
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