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dustydigger
Posted 2021-01-08 3:44 PM (#22814 - in reply to #22775)
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Location: UK		1. Robert R McCammon's Boy's Life was an OK read,as far as I was concerned,but I didnt go into raptures as so many people have about this book about a year in the life of an 11 year old boy in rural Alabama in 1964.I found it far too long.It started out when the boy and his father saw a car containing a tortured dead man chained in the car career into a deep lake. It was over 500 pages later before we got the answers to the mystery,in between was numerous tales of the boy's life,often purported with have some magical elements.Found the denouement barely credibleI'm afraid. Lots of somewhat crude boisterous humour,not really my cup of tea,and while some sections were affecting and emotional and brought alump to my throat at times I felt the rapid changes of the story somewhat jarring at times..Lots of bullying too,which I never enjoy reading about.
Ah well,it was read as part of a challenge,so at least I finished it! lol.

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