Notown (Book One: The Midnight Valley Quartet
By Tess Collins
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Book Description
Publication Date: April 12, 2013
Randi Jo Gaylor’s family is poorer than dirt. Yet the little girl
survives with an optimistic attitude despite imagining a Fear Angel haunts her.
Through four decades, she covers up murder and betrayal by others until a
threat against her daughter forces her to take an action she never thought
herself capable of… killing a man she’d once loved.
My review
I received a copy for review via Netgalley.
I chose to read this book based on its name and the fact
that it is not part of my usual reading regime.
I am so glad I did this.
This life, the life of Randi Jo Gaylor is colored by the politics
of the day although she herself is so involved in survival that she hardly ever
notices its effect directly or indirectly.
The author does an amazing job in making the passage of time and
changing of the political scenery another character in the book. One which speaks by saying very little and
anchoring the reader not only in place but also in time.
The struggles of this woman, the choices she makes to
survive and never even questioning why she is not in a position to thrive is
moving, addictive and moving.
I found myself cheering for Randi Jo. Wishing some characters dead and hoping some
awful fate will befall some others.
Never did I grow tired or feel as if her life story is contrived. Living with her through trials and
tribulations I often sat wondering if I would have made a choice other than
that of Randi? As this kept on I realized that the choices were dictated long
before Randi was even born.
A brilliant story of life lived in some pretty horrible
situations. Character driven the reader
is bound not to become bored since one event follows the next in quick
succession and the reader needs to take a break to get one. The author does not really allow many breathers
in a story where nobody's next breath is guaranteed.
WaAr
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7 * rating!
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