Night Road by Kristin Hannah - Review

Who's Pouring: Love and Wings
What's on Tap: 337 Cabernet and Cupcake Chardonnay

Well -  the verdict is in, and Night Road by Kristin Hannah is AMAZING! It is LITERALLY the greatest book ever written. Sorry - had to channel a little Rob Lowe there. Ok, so this book was good... Will I remember it in a year? Probably not, but it was certainly emotional. At times, our readers threw the book across the room, sobbed hysterically on top of it, or even set it aside to write a heartfelt letter to a family member!

I'm not sure it's possible to comment on the book without completely divulging everything that happened, but it's pretty much everything you would expect from a Lifetime movie. The author has divided the book into two parts, which she cleverly calls "Part 1" and "Part 2". Personally, I think "Grief" and "Anger" fit better as dividing concepts... The first half of Part 1 is an angst-filled, coming of age teen drama, which Lady Jenevieve compared to Twilight. The second half of Part 1 is where everything goes to hell in a handbasket, and to avoid having to use the phrase "Spoiler Alert", I won't state what all that entails. Part 2 trudges through depression and sorrow as the events of Part 1 continue to affect the characters' lives, and then in just a few pages, everyone has their own epiphany, forgives each other and lives happily ever after. It was all wrapped up too neatly and WAY too fast.

Technically speaking, it wasn't the greatest writing. There were quite a few typos, painfully obvious foreshadowing (I can hear my writing prof now - "Show! Don't tell!"), and what appears to be an unintentional shift between Protagonists. Nevertheless, reading it took me on an emotional journey and resulted in a lively discussion, and for our first book, that's enough for me. 

Join us next month as we jump into Little Bee by Chris Cleave!