Review: Great Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2013
WINTERTIDE is an excellent expose of human relations and friendships. When Dan returns from college for his winter break, he meets his old friends. His relationship with Seth, who was once his best friend, is now tenuous. Then there's Eddie, the outcast of society, the bad seed. When the threesome are involved in a crime, Dan finds his once sturdy friendship with Seth questionable. Dan is ready to do the right thing, but then he finds that Eddie has Seth on a short leash. Knowing that the people assume he's always guilty, Eddie describes himself as the go-to guy, the first one the cops always go to whenever a crime is committed. Dan discovers another side of Eddie, a more responsible side that nobody has even bothered to consider. In the end, Dan must make an ultimate decision of whose side he wants to be on. This was an excellent novel, and I really enjoyed it. It is one of the few novels I've read recently that goes a lot deeper than just the plot. This novel has an underlying moral to it.