Review: Wonderful story, wonderful storytelling...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2013
Bravo, DC Hicks! I was thoroughly entertained. I was drawn in by RJ's character within the first few pages of the book, and shared his life's journey with him--sometimes crying, sometimes laughing, and always rooting for him. What a bittersweet rags to riches tale, and a fantastic time capsule. I'd place CATCHING THE WESTBOUND on my book shelf between FORREST GUMP and WATER FOR ELEPHANTS.Here, I feel compelled to mention that I did read on other reviews that there were editing issues with the book. I was unaware since I used Kindle text-to-speech to read the story to me, thus, with the MC's dialect, it would have been difficult to know if the author had made an error. I gave it five stars in spite of editing issues--based on story alone.If there are editing issues, I hope the author reissues the book with corrections made. It'd be a shame to have technical issues dog such stellar storytelling.