Helpful Score: 2
I agree with the previous reviewer: this book follows the widow's wanderings and takes an awful long time to reach any conclusions. I'm not giving away much by saying the plot focuses on a woman who murders her husband and then is pursued by his relentless twin brothers. Through flashback we get very little glimpse of her background, and no surprise, she has a bit quirky upbringing. But...there are so many unanswered questions! WHY is there mention in the beginning of her imagining voices, but no followup? Why are we told of her priviledged upbringing but then no real transition where she becomes Wilderness Jane? Why is there so much focus on how "unnatural" the twin brothers are, but then they just sort of wimp out towards the end? And I really disliked the ending- to me, it just showcased how selfish and childish the Widow was.
The saving grace of this book is the prose. The author writes beautifully, almost like you're reading a documentary. But sorry, I kept thinking of Gil Adamson as the Female Cormac McCarthy. I don't discourage anyone from reading this, but I really didn't find anything unique about this book.
The saving grace of this book is the prose. The author writes beautifully, almost like you're reading a documentary. But sorry, I kept thinking of Gil Adamson as the Female Cormac McCarthy. I don't discourage anyone from reading this, but I really didn't find anything unique about this book.
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