THE GILLESPIE COUNTY FAIR
by Mark Hess
This book never quite caught me in its web. I didn’t like the characters. They all seemed
shallow and grubby. The plot wandered
about until the “secret sin” was revealed and then the secret didn’t seem to
matter much at all.
Carel, the main character, just wandered about the story
making or revealing mistake after mistake, not learning anything from his
errors. His wife (current) and daughter do manage to have redeeming qualities
of a sort. The writing is okay, but there are too many German words that are
not defined or explained. I read German, so I knew what was written, someone unfamiliar
with the language would be frustrated .
I can’t really recommend this book. Maybe someone else will
read it and love it, I don’t.
2 of 5 stars
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