Blood of the Earth (A Soulwood Novel)

I didn’t finish this book. In discussion at book club one person called it ‘too rapey’ and didn’t finish either. There were several factors and that probably contributed for me as well. More annoying for me was Faith Hunter’s attempt at some kind of ‘authentic’ Appalachian voice. It came off as trying too hard and just annoyingly like a caricature instead.

This sentence bothered me :

“To hide my reaction, I swiveled away and stepped slowly into the dark of the shelving behind the kitchen, where I kept preserves and seeds and dried foodstuffs, dishes and pots and serving bowls and crockery.” WOW. WTF is going on with that sentence? I can’t even.

I didn’t finish this book. In discussion at book club one person called it ‘too rapey’ and didn’t finish either. There were several factors and that probably contributed for me as well. More annoying for me was Faith Hunter’s attempt at some kind of ‘authentic’ Appalachian voice. It came off as trying too hard and just annoyingly like a caricature instead.

This sentence bothered me :

“To hide my reaction, I swiveled away and stepped slowly into the dark of the shelving behind the kitchen, where I kept preserves and seeds and dried foodstuffs, dishes and pots and serving bowls and crockery.” WOW. WTF is going on with that sentence? I can’t even.

I didn’t finish this book. In discussion at book club one person called it ‘too rapey’ and didn’t finish either. There were several factors and that probably contributed for me as well. More annoying for me was Faith Hunter’s attempt at some kind of ‘authentic’ Appalachian voice. It came off as trying too hard and just annoyingly like a caricature instead.

This sentence bothered me :

“To hide my reaction, I swiveled away and stepped slowly into the dark of the shelving behind the kitchen, where I kept preserves and seeds and dried foodstuffs, dishes and pots and serving bowls and crockery.” WOW. WTF is going on with that sentence? I can’t even.

I didn’t finish this book. In discussion at book club one person called it ‘too rapey’ and didn’t finish either. There were several factors and that probably contributed for me as well. More annoying for me was Faith Hunter’s attempt at some kind of ‘authentic’ Appalachian voice. It came off as trying too hard and just annoyingly like a caricature instead.

This sentence bothered me :

“To hide my reaction, I swiveled away and stepped slowly into the dark of the shelving behind the kitchen, where I kept preserves and seeds and dried foodstuffs, dishes and pots and serving bowls and crockery.” WOW. WTF is going on with that sentence? I can’t even.