Review: Uncommonly Good Literature
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 21, 2014
This is a very special book with a level of quality that is uncommon among self-published Kindle fiction. While many of these types of books I would consider "good" or even "great" as a piece of entertainment, I would call The Winter Calf "great" as a piece of literature.The book is dark yet occasionally uplifting and its characters are painfully authentic. In each one you can see their hopes and dreams as well as their successes and failures. This is a well-thought-out and well-crafted world. It is difficult to put down and it is eminently unforgettable.Michael S. Nuckols is a talented writer whose prose is so genuine and emotional that he must have a very personal knowledge of the area and the types of people described in this novel. He should continue to write and publish, and his fantastic first novel is an instant classic that I intend to re-read several times in the future.