Review: More "B Sides" please!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2011
This story's development, through one sided letters written by Pastor Jeremiah Marsh, is the perfect vehicle for giving us a glimpse into the mind of the man readers of SOLITARY and GRAVESTONE would make all efforts to avoid, while still retaining those "WHAT THE...!?!" moments and further curiosities that the series to date has offered up so well.As the series proper is written in the first person from Chris Buckley's point of view, we only get his obversances of the various characters and events involved and credit to Travis's writing, he is still able to work so much into these other people that the reader can't help but be moved. But there's still so much mystery to their pasts you can't help but wonder what's shaped their emotions and moods.When I learned how this book was going to be a one character focus on Pastor Marsh, it gave me hope that other "B sides" would come out to give us a peek behind what Chris has been unable to see, and now seeing how well this book pulled that idea off, I'll be somewhat disappointed if there aren't more.If you've been following along with the SOLITARY TALES, this is a must read (and for those without a Kindle, don't forget there are various Kindle apps for PC, smartphone and mac you can use). If you stumbled on this based on anything but, hold up; point your browser back to SOLITARY and GRAVESTONE and you'll be back at this one in no time.