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A review by emilybryk
Hell at the Breech by Tom Franklin
4.0
everybody dies. oh god, everybody dies.
this is not a spoiler. hell, these people are living in alabama in the 1890s. you better bet they've died by now. but still. tom franklin wants you to know they've died. and he will tell you about their blood (blossoming, spurting, seeping, pooling) and their limbs (pulling loose like twigs). beneath it, there's a deep tragedy and the rivalries between the town folk and the country folk culminate in disaster for all involved. some characters (particularly members of hell-at-the-breech itself) were flat, but macky and the sherrif were nicely drawn
this is not a spoiler. hell, these people are living in alabama in the 1890s. you better bet they've died by now. but still. tom franklin wants you to know they've died. and he will tell you about their blood (blossoming, spurting, seeping, pooling) and their limbs (pulling loose like twigs). beneath it, there's a deep tragedy and the rivalries between the town folk and the country folk culminate in disaster for all involved. some characters (particularly members of hell-at-the-breech itself) were flat, but macky and the sherrif were nicely drawn