The Wake of Forgiveness

fulfilling my 2019 goal to read (at least) one book each month that has been digitally moldering, unread, on my NOOK for years and years and years. sometimes i find i don’t have much to say about a book when it comes time for the reviewing of it. and i know no one’s holding a gun to my head saying “y......more

A sweeping epic saga across 30 years of a family, brothers and a father and their deceased mother. Wonderfully layered out in some of the most eloquent words strung together in a sentence. This guy can really write, literally unheard of by the reading population. A must read this novel deserves immedi......more

Against expectations, I read this book as rapidly as I could, following its inevitable word cadences, complex and exquisitely honed. On nearly every page I wanted to rush forward, but the structure and evolution of each crafted sentence kept me from it and taught me a reader's patience. In this way......more

The book is a western in the broadest sense. It is really literature. The language is lush, exquisite, and unforgettable. The work is the debut (!) novel of a young man, but reads as if it were written by a much older man. If I tell you the book is black…dark like I have rarely read, you may be relu......more

"This is the bloodlust of brothers, the vengeful rage of the father, all of it born out and somehow flawless in its wickedness, like some depraved reenactment of Genesis staged solely for the amusement of reprobates." -The Wake of Forgiveness Every once in a great while you come across a book that d......more