A review by jolynne
The Voice of the River by Melanie Rae Thon

emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

A boy jumps into a river to save his dog. As his family and the community search the author takes us into the thoughts and memories of these diverse people. Thoughts that are filled with regrets, loss, love, life and death all in the course of one day. Through all of this the beauty of the natural world shines. 

What a gem of a book.

(I don’t understand why this book would be considered “magical realism”.)