Brian Panowich

Breathless

Revisado: 02-01-24

I cannot express how much this novel moved me. How it elevated me. As a writer and as a straight white Cis Male father of a miraculous queer daughter. I missed the point from the jump. This novel isn’t about pro-Trans rights. It’s about women. And how much people like me have to learn about what life means to be one. I am overwhelmed with love and pain. Thank you for letting the dream come true, Jenny and Jodi. “We are so far from tribe and fire” and novels like this one bring us one step closer. Mad Love.
Brian

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Doesn’t get any better

Revisado: 02-09-21

John Connolly is one of the only series writers in the world that can still make me catch my
Breath. This one is his best since Black Angel.

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One of the best novels of all time

Revisado: 12-11-17

Stay Gold, PonyBoy. Gets me every time. It’s the kind of book I hope to be able to write someday. Perfect.

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Thank you, Stephen

Revisado: 10-17-17

I found myself at a crossroads after writing and publishing my first novel, and finding a nominal amount of success, as to whether or not I would be able to do it again. This book was recommended to me by a friend and owner of my local indie bookstore. It served as a roadmap back to the place that made writing my first book such a joy. So thank you, Stephen. Books two and three are nearly finished and I have no doubts they will both go on to accomplish what I originally sat down to write them for in the first place. To make myself a happier person and give my kids a reason to believe that they are capable of doing anything.

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True Southern Gothic.

Revisado: 05-16-15

Jay is bats@&t crazy. But it's the kind of crazy that damn near everyone who lives south of the equator can relate to. There is the scene early in the book where Jay has an intimate encounter with the riverbank, and oddly I could appreciate it. Boy what a book. Get off the fence and sink your feet into the mud. You will not regret it.

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Brilliant piece of fiction

Revisado: 03-09-15

I'd already read this book, but wanted to give the audio version a whirl and it was as good as I remember. The narrator gave a killer performance and the book is as timeless as ever. Great job all the way around.

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Honest grit with due respect

Revisado: 06-25-14

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I read a lot of southern crime fiction, and the problem with most of it is the cartoon-like portrayals of characters set in backwoods USA, perpetuating the myth that the dope damned south is populated by a bunch of nimble minds. I live around people like the ones in this book, and I can promise you, stupid people they are not. Poor? Cynical? Dark and forgotten? Yes. But cartoonish yee-haws? No way.
McBride not only wrote a gripping piece of southern crime fiction, but he took careful steps to pay respect to characters the rest of the world, for the most part, have written off as born bad. The best word to describe this ride through the mayhem of back country Missouri is "authentic", and I look forward to seeing this author continue to kill it in the future.

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