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Wow. I am blown away. This is a new-to-me author, although I had previously heard of Blacktop Wasteland. (Which has now been added to my TBR!). I grabbed this book at an independent bookshop during a recent road trip, and it did NOT disappoint!
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With elements of homophobia and racial tension at its core, this intense and violent story follows Ike and Buddy Lee, two fathers, Black and White, whose married sons were brutally murdered. In trying to seek answers, they become vigilante fathers trying ...more
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With elements of homophobia and racial tension at its core, this intense and violent story follows Ike and Buddy Lee, two fathers, Black and White, whose married sons were brutally murdered. In trying to seek answers, they become vigilante fathers trying ...more
This was alright but a little too heavy handed with the clichés (tough, grizzled old ex cons - one of them is referred to as discount Sam Elliot multiple times, southern backwoods jargon, the self sacrificing antihero), especially during the last third of the book. Also, if you’re squeamish skip this one, as it is full of graphic, gratuitous violence.
What a wild wild read! This book was WAY outside of my usual comfort zone, full to the brim with unrelenting violence, killing, vengeance, bloodiness, lack of remorse between the main two characters Ike and Buddy Lee. And yet... And yet... I kept reading because I read somewhere that it was on Barack Obama's summer reading list, last year a different book by this author was NPR's Book of the Year or some such honor, and because it was this months selection for my library Book Club meeting. Our d
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Gritty, Violent, Heartwrenching. It's about love, regret, and vengeance. Trying to make right what was wronged. I read it in one setting.
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I really liked the story and the character arcs but this was not for the faint of heart or stomach and there were times where I felt like I just really did not need to know all that
Jul 13, 2021
Hayley Pratt
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Emily Jackson
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Jul 20, 2021
Claire Richmond
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Aug 04, 2021
Em Biedenfeld
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Aug 04, 2021
Ellen Maahs
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Aug 31, 2021
Emily Blobaum
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Sep 08, 2021
Ashley Harvey
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Oct 13, 2021
Kaci Kennedy
marked it as gave-up-on
Apr 24, 2022
Erica
marked it as to-read
Apr 30, 2022
Grace Stewart
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