Grist Mill Road
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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--
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A character driven novel that propelled me through the book. I'm not a fan of books that go back and forth in time nor a fan of different characters speaking in alternating chapters. In spite of that, I couldn't put the book down. A story of 3 teens who were participants in a horrific event in small town NY and then went their separate ways. Over 20 years later their lives all intersect and the author reveals the truths that led up to the event and ultimately what it did to their lives.
This author had been on my to-read list for a while, as I had heard a lot of buzz around Black Chalk. Thank you to Goodreads for the free copy of the book! I can see that this book is well done, and the author successfully created a mystery of sorts around an event in the past that left a girl without an eye. Details about the people involved and the event itself unfold throughout the course of the book through multiple character perspectives.
The book brought the reader into the mind of two people who are a bit if not complete psychos, and this made me uncomfortable reading it. Not sure why, but this book, while well written, wasn't for me for that reason. While I wouldn't choose to read it again, I give it three stars, because there are readers that would enjoy this story and it's insights.
