Amanda's review
Montana 1948: A Novel by Larry Watson
I think the whole "coming of age" novel has been done to death, and so often is done badly. This slim book (more of a novella than a novel) is the exception to my rule. The story of a boy who discovers that his family is not exactly what he thought they were rings so true to me. The 'voice' is just right for a boy on the fine line between childhood and adolescence who is starting to search for the true meaning behind the things adults tell him - and the things they choose not to tell him. He sneaks and spies and listens in on conversations to find things out, things he wants desperately to know, because he gets the feeling that there is something important going on that he isn't being told about. I remember childhood as being a lot like that once I got past the age of 11 or 12.
I really like this book a lot, I'm describing it badly, but it's beautifully written, and while it is fiction, it read so true.
I really like this book a lot, I'm describing it badly, but it's beautifully written, and while it is fiction, it read so true.
