From the Bookshelf of Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Man in the Woods
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Start date
December 31, 2014
Finish date
January 1, 2015
Why we're reading this
Book written by someone over 65 (could also be used for a gender different from my own)

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gwen g
Nov 10, 2010 rated it liked it
Wish I could give this 3.5 stars. It was the story of a man who commits a terrible crime and the shadow it then casts when it seems he might go unpunished. It's a really quick read, with what I thought was something of a cop-out ending, and something about all the characters somehow seemed half-finished to me. But the author does a great job of mimicking the edgy suspense of waiting to get caught -- plus, he does a wonderful job of writing the dog, who felt like the most fully realized "person" ...more
Rick
Sep 16, 2010 rated it really liked it
Meg
Sep 17, 2010 marked it as to-read-fiction
Shelves: lit
David Abrams
Sep 29, 2010 marked it as to-read
Khaliah Williams
Oct 25, 2010 rated it it was amazing
akaellen
Dec 20, 2010 marked it as to-read
Bethany
Jan 09, 2011 marked it as to-read
Lisa
May 26, 2012 marked it as to-read