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Winter's Bone

Daniel Woodrell

Start date: May 1, 2014

Finish date: May 31, 2014

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Feb 19, 2012 Jessica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, southern

Not an easy book to read given the subject and its attendant violence, but Woodrell's a crack writer and his skill at crafting a vivid picture from relatively few words is well on display here. You start rooting for Ree from page 1, and it doesn't let up. ...more

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Sep 09, 2013 Sunflower rated it it was amazing

Shelves: e-books, fiction-read-2013

Why haven't I heard of this author before? This book is True Grit meets Duelling Banjos, with a touch of Breaking Bad- only better. It's so real that the coldness begins to sink into you while reading it. Short but powerful, with a dogged little heroine determined to save her family's only asset. ...more

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Dec 31, 2011 mstan rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: american, src-winter-2011-12

An isolated, dysfunctional community given a beautifully bleak sheen by a poetic writer... Shades of Tom Franklin/ Cormac McCarthy, but somewhere in between in terms of realism. The sixteen-year-old Ree Dolly is hard-nosed, beleaguered by an awful number of problems (unpredictable relatives, am out-of-it mom, a missing father) yet obstinate about getting what she wants - the truth.

I liked it, but thought some dream-like sequences a bit too heavy-going. Woodrell lay it on rather thick with the la ...more

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May 17, 2018 Beverly rated it liked it

Shelves: newtome2018, regional-literature

This was a 3.5 read for me.

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May 24, 2011 Susan rated it really liked it

Engrossing, a harsh tale, cold wintry setting.

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Mar 17, 2017 Jen rated it really liked it

I love a strong female protagonist. This story is sad and subtle with a lot of the emotions laying under the surface. I'm still not sure I know exactly how it ended or if it even matters but you can feel the pull of a place and tradition and how that can work against your desire to leave. ...more

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Nov 09, 2015 Patty rated it really liked it

Just wow. This is a great book. I can't begin to describe Ree, but she's one of the toughest characters I've ever read. And somehow, misery- and violence-filled though Woodrell's Ozarks seem to be, he somehow makes them magical ...more

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