Review: Good(hearted) ol' boy...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2012
Admittedly this is the first of this genre for me. It was a pleasant parody and caricature of "types" that prompted an occasional smile at the phraseology .I found myself liking Bubba as a character but can't say the same for the other portrayals  except maybe the Madam and  Mike the young arsonist. Bubba's mother was so exaggerated as to be particularly annoying.I did think the author channeled Charles Dickens' naming tendencies with a Texas bent...especially the entire Snoddy clan or such characters as  Stenson Posey, Adelia Cedarbloom, Wilma Rabsitt and Roscoe Stinedurf .I thought the book went on a little too long, and I certainly got tired of hearing about Willodean's remarkable green eyes as Bubba played the lovesick fool.Regarding  the typos...it appears the author may have done some revision...for example "Camaro" is spelled correctly  in the edition I downloaded. She still has a way to go... it's "genteel" not " gentile" and "basal" not "Basel, " plus a number of words are erroneously split up such as "law suits," "above board" and "hand cuffs."Regardless, I might take a look at another Bubba saga.