Full Beaver Moon by Peter Skinner Book Review

About the Book:

Searching the deep South for a lost friend, an eighteen-year-old biracial boy comes to terms with life's dark and bitter truths.

Bursting with odd-balls, language, and place, FULL BEAVER MOON is a tale of kinship, compassion, and faith.

My Review:

This novel got off to a really hard start for me. I did not understand what was going on at all. Early on in the book, when in dialogue with a woman, the main character admits he didn't understand most of what she was saying. (136/3668) I know exactly how he felt because I didn't understand it either. About a quarter of the way into the book, we finally receive enough the backstory to make sense of what was going on. I do wish that backstory had been given to us earlier.

This novel was one I did not finish. That is something rare for me. I realized I was not enjoying the book and was frequently lost. I found it was still confusing to me about half way through so finally stopped reading.

My rating: 3/5 stars.

About the Author:

Peter Skinner is a modern-day renaissance man – a television and stage actor, celebrated painter and sculptor, philanthropist, world traveler, playwright, and the award-winning author of White Buffalo, The Bells of Moses Henry, and The Edge of Farallon. He attended the Juilliard School of Drama and donates 100% of the proceeds from his creative works to charity. Peter lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Peter Skinner Books, 415 pages.

I received a complimentary egalley of this book through Swell Media. My comments are an independent and honest review.

(My star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it, 1-I hate it.)