The Mill River Recluse: [I will not copy the description of the novel from any other source. Doing that would only give away the story. If you like, follow the link to Amazon page and read the "Product Description" but it will tell you a lot of the plot.]
Author: Darcie Chan
Genre: Fiction / Literary
I selected this book simply because it was available on the kindle daily deals page for 99 cents and it had good reviews. The character development is very good. The author has decided to tell the story from two ends, the past and present, switching back and forth in alternating chapters. No big deal there, but usually when writers do that, there's a mystery or a "present nicely tied with a bow" at the end, but this book's ending was quite weak. The development of just a few characters, out of a town of 400, intertwined in rather plain (and easy) ways is all that is at the end. I enjoyed the easy reading, but it was sort of like peeling an onion; at the end, there's nothing there. Specially so, since I didn't learn anything new from the historical perspective either. I would not recommend this book, but I've noticed that people have given this book 5/5 stars in quite a few places. Perhaps, those who like reading for the sake of reading may find this appealing.
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