How To Survive Summer
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By:
Nick White
So.......
this was an odd, weird book. And that' ok. I like to read odd,
weird books. They break up my usual reading cycle of horror, murder,
serial killer, paranormal books.
I
live in the deep South and have worked most of my adult life in
Mississippi, not far from the towns mentioned in this book. This
book being set in Mississippi caught my attention and the book's
description drew me in. I seek out and enjoy reading books that are
set in the South because we can be such quirky people if left to our
own devices and imaginations.
The
author does a pretty good job describing the locations and towns in
the story and enables the reader to see images of these places in
their mind. The books characters are also well defined and the
author breathed life into these characters. The only difficulty I
had with the book was the time period. I kept thinking the time
period of the camp should have occurred several decades earlier.
All
that being said, the book was extremely s.l.o.w. paced. It took
chapter after chapter to go no where. The entire book just seemed to
lack and excitement or drama – and that's not like any real life
LGBT I know. I am trying not to stereotype but..... With LGBT it's
usually all about the excitement, the vibrancy – the drama, if you
will.
I
still keep envisioning the excitement and thrilling suspense that
“could have” been added in to this story. Instead, it kind of
fell flat and left me disappointed. I will look forward to future
books by this author, a native of MS. I hope in future books author,
Nick White, will let that Southern quirky person shine through.
It
served the purpose for me, of being something different, odd and/or
unusual to read in between my usual genre of books.
Thank
you to the author, publisher and netgalley for allowing me to read
this ebook in exchange for my honest review. My review will be
posted on amazon, goodreads, netgalley and moonshineartspot.blogspot
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