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Book Review of Peace Like a River

Peace Like a River
Peace Like a River
Author: Leif Enger
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Though it is very well written and extremly engaging, In the final analysis I am sorry that I ever read this book. I have known people that were murdered, and it is not something I think of as entertainment, and the bottom line is that this book is about premeditated murder, and it is up close and personal. Book clubs talk about the miracles, and relationships very carefully sidestepping the fact that people were gunned down in cold blood, and I was in a bad mood for a week after reading this. I would rather read Classics by Charlotte Bronte, history books by Barbara Tushman, or make believe like J.K. Rowley. Not this.