This Bright River : A Novel (Hardcover)

from lucy3107

Not sure what to say about this one. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. It read well enough - I finished it in two days, but I felt like the book was having an identity crisis - it didn't know whether it wanted to be a character study, a mystery, a psychological thriller, or a literary fiction book....

from froxgirl

Not as fanciful as The Cradle - in fact not fanciful at all - pretty dark with miseries coming from both sides of a relationship that may or may not work out. But great characters. Could have used about 100 less pages and one less plot line. The men are vivid but the women are ciphers. Worth the ...

from johnluiz

I eagerly anticipated this novel because I thoroughly enjoyed The Cradle. This novel is very different, though, and a much more ambitious work. The Cradle told its story in a straightforward fashion as a husband is sent out on a mission by his pregnant wife to find an ancient cradle her mother ha...

from jasonpettus

(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this review, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted illegally.) Sometimes I'm very glad that I've never met Chicago author Patrick Somerville, because it lets me do f...

from sraelling

Mystery set in St. Helen's, WI, a small town near Madison. Main characters include Ben - ex-con -, his successful parents & sister, her father's brother, Denny, & his son Wayne, Lauren - became a dr & traveled the world, married Will, left Will - who is a nut case. Lots of twists & turns - last 1...