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Twenty-six years ago Hannah had her eye shot out. Now she wants justice. But is she blind to the truth? Christopher J. Yates’s cult hit Black Chalk introduced that rare writerly talent: a literary writer who could write a plot with the intricacy of a brilliant mental puzzle, and with characters so absorbing that readers are immediately gripped. Yates’s new book does not disappoint. Grist Mill Road is a dark, twisted, and expertly plotted Rashomon-style tale. The year is 1982; the setting, an Edenic hamlet some ninety miles north of New York City. There, among the craggy rock cliffs and glacial ponds of timeworn mountains, three friends—Patrick, Matthew, and Hannah—are bound together by a terrible and seemingly senseless crime. Twenty-six years later, in New York City, living lives their younger selves never could have predicted, the three meet again—with even more devastating results.
Publication Year: 2018
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03 teenagers lives are shattered by one terrible event. This book looks at how decisions made before our brains are fully formed can have devastating consequences. It looks at how things pile on top of one another and lead to a horribly tragic event and how that changes each of their lives 20+ years later.
This book takes a hard look at perception and how even when we think we have all the pieces to a puzzle, we may put them together differently then others involved. Carrying anger and a need to get even forward covers your entire life.
The characters were well written and the story was compelling. There was something that kept me from connecting fully, thus the 3 star rating.
This is one that I will think about for awhile.
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So I picked up this book in search of other genres and titles to recommend.. There is certainly an interesting premise, and at times I really thought the book was going to be fantastic. However, the story just meanders around. I believe the point was to add tension and suspense, but after a while I really wanted to get to the real substance of the story.
I skimmed the ending, and it confirmed my decision to put the book down.
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