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A review by brewtifulfiction
Shoot the Moonlight Out by William Boyle
4.0
The story begins in 1996 in Brooklyn, when teenage boys Bobby and Zeke after encouraging each other to throw rocks into traffic, cause a fatal accident.
We also have Jack, who is a widow and a parent to an only child but also I guess you could describe him as a vigilante.
Fast forward to 2001 and we are re-introduced to both Bobby and Jack.
Given a glimpse as to what became of them.
And this is where my feelings about this not reading like a crime novel come from. Boyle does a great job of writing something quite complex. With characters that interconnect as their lives begin to cross over.
Each chapter switches to a different character's point of view. Every one adding another layer to the story and giving us as the reader more detail. And as these specifics are revealed it becomes clearer as to just why the author as chosen to share certain things. Connections getting stronger.
The building smaller events and meaningful chance encounters all lead to consequences that I don't think anyone could have seen coming.
Raw motion bled from the pages, I felt its honestly on every page that I read.
It was refreshing because there were no picture perfect characters. Each one was flawed, broken in some way and I think that was a necessary and purposeful decision made by Boyle to make the story come across as real.
Over all I wouldn't say that the stories main focus was the crime, it was on the feeling of loss and what it can do to a person. The crime was almost an after thought.
Shoot The Moonlight Out is a great piece of literary crime fiction.
We also have Jack, who is a widow and a parent to an only child but also I guess you could describe him as a vigilante.
Fast forward to 2001 and we are re-introduced to both Bobby and Jack.
Given a glimpse as to what became of them.
And this is where my feelings about this not reading like a crime novel come from. Boyle does a great job of writing something quite complex. With characters that interconnect as their lives begin to cross over.
Each chapter switches to a different character's point of view. Every one adding another layer to the story and giving us as the reader more detail. And as these specifics are revealed it becomes clearer as to just why the author as chosen to share certain things. Connections getting stronger.
The building smaller events and meaningful chance encounters all lead to consequences that I don't think anyone could have seen coming.
Raw motion bled from the pages, I felt its honestly on every page that I read.
It was refreshing because there were no picture perfect characters. Each one was flawed, broken in some way and I think that was a necessary and purposeful decision made by Boyle to make the story come across as real.
Over all I wouldn't say that the stories main focus was the crime, it was on the feeling of loss and what it can do to a person. The crime was almost an after thought.
Shoot The Moonlight Out is a great piece of literary crime fiction.