Review: Great first person exploration.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 19, 2013
Full Disclosure. Erin is a friend of mine. She asked me to read this book, although I would have anyway.I personally don't go for first person in long fiction. Often. That said, the author pulls it off. It's hard to write about this without giving away any spoilers. Very personal close POV. Very relatable. The characters are authentic, as is the story. The best part about this one: heart. Not the band, stop going "chunk chunka chunk chunka chunk chunka CHUNK CHA!" This book has heart. The characters, for sure. It is also obvious that a LOT of heart went into writing it.It is not a fairytale, but I don't like those. I like things that reflect life accurately with good pacing, tone, and effective narrative arc. This has all those things.I feel like I have to be extra "hard" since I know Erin (stupid huh). But I want to make sure it is known that this isn't one of those "give my book a good review, OMG" things. Erin would never do that. And I would never agree to do that. I said from the beginning that I would be happy to read it and share my honest opinion. And I am.A woman's struggle to figure out how her life got so far off the tracks. Erin McGowan wrote a great first novel.Now, you can go back to humming Barracuda.