The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
William Kent Krueger’s “This Tender Land” was my favorite novel of 2019. I then read “Ordinary Grace” and loved it as well. So I was extremely excited to read “The River We Remember” and worried it would disappoint me.
I needn’t have.
Krueger’s stories have the perfect balance of rich atmosphere, layered and flawed characters that you can’t help but love, beautiful and funny dialogue and they are just heartbreaking and tender all at once. And this one is no exception.
On its surface it’s a book about murder and solving the mystery behind it. But, of course, it’s about so much more. It’s about family and love and a small town, and rights, and repressing others, and immigration and assimilation, about hatred and bigotry. It’s about coming together to save each other.
It’s stunning and it will stay with me for a long time as all his stories do.
with gratitude to netgalley and Atria Books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
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