Review: Main Character Acts Like a Spoiled Brat
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2012
I couldn't really like Ellie, the main character, very much. She was a selfish, spoiled, brat, who did childish and immature things. She made foolish choices, and it was surprising they didn't lead to even more problems than they did.The research was also faulty. Located slightly east of the middle of Tennessee, Sparta would have never had cattle ranches and cowboys in 1860, as described here. Neither could I find any information about a coal mine in the area. "Handle," used to mean a name, wasn't used until well after 1900.The best thing about the book was there were no sex scenes. It contained lots of curse words, however. Although the story was slightly entertaining, I was disappointed at its shallowness.