A review by thebookfetishist
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. EinFach Englisch Textausgaben by Tom Franklin

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Hated the portrayal of women (served only the men, didn't have personalities on their own) I know, that no female character could be considered a main character in this particular book, but come on, there are authors out there, that can still give their side (female) characters/less important (female!) characters a way better fleshed out personality compared to whatever this was. Also, hated the frequently occurring overly sexualised descriptions of women. 
Crime mystery was pretty average, not much tension going on towards middle/end part of the book, although I have to give it to the author, the beginning did confuse me quite a bit and made me curious. Unfortunately, he failed to keep the tension through the entire book, so it ended up falling kinda flat for me. 
The writing style was most of the time very beautiful, some very nice descriptions and metaphors going on. Additionally, I was able to learn quite a lot of Southern Slang and generally some new words I haven't heard about before, as someone who isn't a native English speaker.
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