A review by samarakroeger
The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring

dark emotional sad
  • Strong character development? No

3.0

I think fans of Fredrik Backman's Beartown or Elizabeth Strout's Amgash books would like this more than I did.  I thought Backman's and Strout's books were fine (3-3.5 stars, max), but others seem to love them.

the writing (for me) left a lot to be desired.  I just don't vibe with close third person present tense (where we follow WAY too many characters, especially given how short this is) and it had some try-hard cheesy attempts at suspense that Backman would be proud of.  we never got to really know any of the characters we briefly followed; the emotions felt surface-level.

I will likely end up giving this to my mom, who will undoubtedly like it more than me.  it would make sense as a book club pick.

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