I received an ARC of this book thru www.NetGalley.com. I was interested in it because I enjoy grit lit. After the third chapter I stopped reading it. The story is interesting and compelling, but the writing style did not speak to me, personally, and I chose to discontinue reading the book.

An interesting story about small town life in Appalachia. It had some compelling elements and good writing. I just didn't like it as much as other books where I felt a connection to the characters.

This book was not what I expected it to be. It's not a crime thriller but a memoir. The story is slow for my taste and lost my interest.

Thank you to NetGalley and DogEar publishing for allowing me to read this book for my honest opinion.

The blurb had me all excited to read this book but I was left frustrated. The storyline was all over the place. I couldn't remember if I in the past or the present and I was even more confused with the constant movie references. Was he in the films or was he daydreaming?
I knew that he was a lawyer and his uncle was Greek but did his uncle need his expertise to assist him with something sinister? I felt stranded in the pages somewhere. Lost within the chapters waiting for someone to translate for me.

I was initially drawn to this book because I'm from the Appalachian region and love to see our mountain culture through the eyes of another. It started off promising with interesting details but I started to get bogged down with the details about a third of the way through the book. It's a good book, with vivid details about growing up near the Kentucky coal mines. Just didn't leave me with the happy uplifting I originally thought it would.