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HoneyLee's Girl
When the F.B.I. enters your life, says Michelle Monelle, they are not to be trusted. They look, she says, like kind surgeons who never have good things to say to anyone.
As a long-forgotten past surfaces, she remembers the turmoil of her youth – the radicalism of the 1960’s, her marriage at age fourteen, mysterious strangers who may or may not have been government agents, and the passionate young Native American woman on the run from everything.
Michelle remains loyal to her memories and to those who helped her through her traumatic childhood, but eventually realizes she was immersed in a darkness that even today yields only a smattering of light.
As a long-forgotten past surfaces, she remembers the turmoil of her youth – the radicalism of the 1960’s, her marriage at age fourteen, mysterious strangers who may or may not have been government agents, and the passionate young Native American woman on the run from everything.
Michelle remains loyal to her memories and to those who helped her through her traumatic childhood, but eventually realizes she was immersed in a darkness that even today yields only a smattering of light.
305 pages, Paperback
Published January 15, 2016
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April 22, 2016
*DISCLAIMER* I know GK Wuori. But it won't keep me from honestly reviewing the book. :-)
Honestly, this book had me from its opening sentence. I truly wished I was on vacation or on retreat when I started it, so that I would be able to read it in one sitting. But life and work kept intervening. Still, this slender book provided a lot of intrigue and interest over the month it took me to read it.
Every now and then, you come across a writer whose sentences make you come to a dead stop, not because they're horrible, but because they're beautiful. GK is one of those writers, and this book is packed with these sentences. Look for the sentence about a character leaning into the sky. I'm not going to tell you where it is. But I'll know when you find it, because I'll hear the collective sigh of admiration.
The plot is riveting. When you first look at the book, you think it's a skinny little thing. But then you begin to read it and you will find yourself wondering why it's not 600 pages long. Wuori is a master of not wasting a single word, but providing plots that will suck your mind right in.
Great characters. Great dialogue. Overall, a wonderful read.
Except for one thing. The ending. I won't give it away, but the ending left me puzzled. I don't want to feel puzzled at the end of a book. I want to feel satisfied. Instead, I double-checked to make sure the final pages hadn't been ripped out of the book. They hadn't. So...I remain puzzled.
Doesn't take away from the five stars though. Even with the puzzlement, this is a five-star read.
Honestly, this book had me from its opening sentence. I truly wished I was on vacation or on retreat when I started it, so that I would be able to read it in one sitting. But life and work kept intervening. Still, this slender book provided a lot of intrigue and interest over the month it took me to read it.
Every now and then, you come across a writer whose sentences make you come to a dead stop, not because they're horrible, but because they're beautiful. GK is one of those writers, and this book is packed with these sentences. Look for the sentence about a character leaning into the sky. I'm not going to tell you where it is. But I'll know when you find it, because I'll hear the collective sigh of admiration.
The plot is riveting. When you first look at the book, you think it's a skinny little thing. But then you begin to read it and you will find yourself wondering why it's not 600 pages long. Wuori is a master of not wasting a single word, but providing plots that will suck your mind right in.
Great characters. Great dialogue. Overall, a wonderful read.
Except for one thing. The ending. I won't give it away, but the ending left me puzzled. I don't want to feel puzzled at the end of a book. I want to feel satisfied. Instead, I double-checked to make sure the final pages hadn't been ripped out of the book. They hadn't. So...I remain puzzled.
Doesn't take away from the five stars though. Even with the puzzlement, this is a five-star read.
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