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Fall Line
by
Joe Samuel Starnes (Goodreads Author)
Starness evocatively Southern story may well have readers wanting to check their shoes for red mud or find an old hound to pat. Fall Lines message transcends region, however, leaving us at once troubled by mans sins against nature and himself, yet knowing somehow that both will endure.
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
November 1st 2011
by NewSouth Books
(first published October 1st 2011)
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I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway. I've tried to keep my review as spoiler free as possible.
I think it's important that, considering my rating, I start by saying I didn't think I would like this book. Though the premise sounded interesting, I'm not very much into the culture of the American South, and the synopsis made it sound like it would be chock full of culture. And don't get me wrong--it definitely is. But the skill of the writing and the author's voice quickly pulled me over this pe...more
I think it's important that, considering my rating, I start by saying I didn't think I would like this book. Though the premise sounded interesting, I'm not very much into the culture of the American South, and the synopsis made it sound like it would be chock full of culture. And don't get me wrong--it definitely is. But the skill of the writing and the author's voice quickly pulled me over this pe...more
It is December 1, 1955, the last day in the life of large area of Achena County, Georgia as a large dam is about to be put in operation for hydroelectric energy and to create a recreation lake created in the flooded area. Within twenty-four hours the two-street village of Finley Shoals will at the bottom of Lake Terrell. Only two persons and one dog remain: Mrs. McNulty, an elder widow who has lived her entire life on the banks of the Oogasula River. her also elderly dog Percy, and Elmer Blizzar...more
First let me start by stating that I won this book in a goodreads give away.
This was a very well written story. The narrative bouncing from Elmer, the ex deputy, to Percy, the widowers dog, to Aubrey Terrell, the state senator, was quite interesting. I found myself wanting to know what kind of trouble Elmer was going to get in next and what else the senator has done without the townfolk knowing. I did not care for the storytelling from the dog's perspective as much as the others.
The story takes...more
This was a very well written story. The narrative bouncing from Elmer, the ex deputy, to Percy, the widowers dog, to Aubrey Terrell, the state senator, was quite interesting. I found myself wanting to know what kind of trouble Elmer was going to get in next and what else the senator has done without the townfolk knowing. I did not care for the storytelling from the dog's perspective as much as the others.
The story takes...more
very nice. novel about loss and powerlessness. and a dog. and the beauty of the land and plants and animals of the place I call home. For 3 or 4 years, I had a boyfriend who lived on Lake Oconee in Middle Georgia. He worked for the power company and gave me a tour of the dam once. It is this place and nearby town that I imagined while reading the book. Couldn't find what town the author lived in, but at the end, he acknowledged the help of Putnam co. sheriff, the same I'd imagined.
worst: long bl...more
worst: long bl...more
Rural Georgia 1955. A smooth talking politician glad-handing and helping folks out while he steals their land. An isolated old woman whose only preparation for the impending flooding of her property is to screw the legs off the old bathtub on her front porch. A lot of character types that I'd rather read about than meet in person. Starnes' story is a good way to do just that. And he adds the perspective of an old country dog who seems to have a keener sense of what's happending to his home turf...more
I recieved this book free through the Goodreads giveaway program. It was interesting book with interesting characters. It was a snapshot in time of people in rural Georgia dealing with an new dam and the inundation of their land. It was well written and moved along at a good pace.
I won this book through a goodreads giveaway. I found the premise to be intriguing but there wasn't a lot of follow through. Most of the characters are poorly developed and unlikeable. By the end of the book I really only cared about what happened to Mrs.McNulty and wished she had been in more of the story. The author isn't a bad writer, but I feel his style is more suited to short stories or maybe even poetry than it is to novel writing.
Liked Percy the dog and enjoyed his pov.
not other characters were worth the ink, especially Elmer who "hustled his balls" more times than I cared to read.
not other characters were worth the ink, especially Elmer who "hustled his balls" more times than I cared to read.
Won copy through GoodReads. I really wanted to like this book & liked the premise, but it just didn't do it for me.
I won this book in a goodreads giveaway. I did not really care for this book. The majority of the novel is viewed through the eyes of Elmer Blizzard, the ex-deputy. He was not a likable character, which caused me to not want to invest my time in reading the novel. I was more interested in the dog's story and Mrs. McNulty. However I enjoyed how the novel unfolded in one day's action, and the author's descriptive language used to paint a picture of the Georgian woodlands was beautifully written. I...more
I received this book through a goodreads giveaway. I enjoyed reading this book. The protagonist was intriguing, yet hard to like. I kept hoping that he would become more human as the book neared its completion. The dog's adventures were also enjoyable.
A fine novel,reminiscent of Deliverance without the chest-beating. Look up 'The Calling' by the same author for another excellent novel.
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I was born in Alabama and grew up in Cedartown, Georgia but I have lived in New Jersey and Philadelphia for the past decade. My first novel, Calling, was published in 2005. NewSouth Books published Fall Line, my second novel, in November 2011. I've had journalism appear in The New York Times, The Washington Post and various magazines, as well as essays, short stories, and poems in literary journal...more
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