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Book Review of The Night the Lights Went Out

The Night the Lights Went Out
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Karen White is hit or miss with me, depending on how heavily she relies on southern stereotypes to carry her story. This one really impressed me. While it was still firmly rooted in the south with southern characters, they felt less like southern caricatures and more like the people I've known over the last few decades. In addition to that, the pacing was great and the mysteries (from the past and the present) kept me wanting to know more. At a certain point I pretty much knew what was coming so the ending wasn't a huge surprise, but it was still fun to see it unfold. The characters were realistic and I wouldn't mind reading about them again in the future if the author decided that their stories weren't quite finished.