This book was set in the dust-bowl era, and it had to do with a brutal serial killer who is being tracked by the survivors of various families that he decimated. Mr. Shivers is the name given to him by those that seek vengeance in the form of his death, but he is a worthy foe, a man of legend. He is also called the scarred-face man and the grey man. I read about 80 pages and already found it to be redundant, just more tracking by a progressively bigger group, more atrocities created by the bad guy, and more near misses. The depiction of the hobo lifestyle and the difficulties of trying to stay alive in that time were the best part of the book. Being bored with the plot, I then jumped to the last 25-pages to get the ending, which unfortunately was entirely predictable. The character development was pedestrian and the narrative and dialogue were not too exciting either. I got this from an Amazon list and then went back to look at the Amazon ratings which gave it 3.5/5. Some of the reviewers thought it was awesome and worth 5/5. I disagree and would align it with the reviewers that gave it a 2/5. This was the author's first novel. You can do a pass on this novel.
West Coast Don
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