This is the second book by this author that I’ve read and they’ve both been really good. His characters usually lead pretty hard lives and often make really bad choices which is usually what makes a good story. No one wants to read about happiness, I guess? 🙂 In this story the main character, mostly referred to as “the girl”, has a horrifically awful boyfriend that she ends up leaving him and her family behind for a new life. Her new life is also filled with pain and bad choices and panic attacks which keep her from really ever getting ahead. The author doesn’t leave us totally in the deep dark depths of depression though. There is a little bit of hope at the end of the story. The reader is never told exactly what becomes of “the girl”, but there is a little bit of happiness at the end that you hope can continue.
Northline by Willy Vlautin
Saturday, June 16, 2012
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