The bumpkin made good story seems to be in something of a renaissance right now, and I think I was spoiled by Educated, which was spectacular and non-fiction. I enjoyed this book, but the fictional aspect took me out of it – there’s too much to make our protagonist saintly and it feels forced. I also hate hate hate when writers try to imitate patois in their writing. It feels minstrel-y, and doubles down on the fictional remove because I always think “I have never […]
I’m gonna have fun with Hillbilly Elegy, aren’t I?
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens