Hawk Mountain

tastefully gruesome and emotionally touching. themes are poignant but rehashed. dialogue is weak and the side characters feel somewhat contrived, but overall a good read.

This one really got under my skin.

An extremely unpleasant and uncomfortable read about bullying. The story starts off flipping between then, when Todd is young victim of bullying, and now when Todd is a single parent about to start a new job in a new town. Todd then comes face to face with the person who bullied him at school and the results are devastating. The ending, beyond bleak.

I think the author got most of this spot on, especially the bits with young Todd. But, some bits in the 2nd half of the book just felt a bit off.

Suuuuper dark psychological thriller. The structure made it readable and definitely worth a try, though I wish I understood it slightly better. It still gave me a killer (albeit stomach-churning) reading experience.