Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ...'s Reviews > Elmet

The Manbooker is new to me. I have never paid much attention before. But recently I became engaged in the Pulitzer which led me to this award. I like the idea that they release a long list and then a short list before giving the award as it lets the reader be part of it... it lets us participate and root for favorites. While I await April when the 2018 list is generated I am trying to read the 2017 longlist books.

This one is wonderful! Mozley wrote a tale in which the setting is so vividly described and so essential to the telling of the tale that it becomes a character itself. I always love when the locale is so beautifully described that I can actually see it. Her writing is brilliant and melodic. A few reviews that I read complained of the ending, stating that it was too violent. However, I found it appropriate to the book. It was dark and painful, sad and tragic. It was shocking. And it was strongly, violently climactic. I liked it.

4.5 stars for this debut novel!