A Land More Kind Than Home

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Published April 17, 2012 by Blackstone Pub.

ISBN:: 978-1-4551-2902-7

(3 reviews)

An adventurous and precocious boy, Jess Hall is very protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not to snoop on grown-ups, Stump can't help sneaking a look at something he's not supposed to — an act that will have catastrophic repercussions, shattering both his world and Jess's.

It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's not prepared. While there is much about the world that still confuses him, he now knows that this new understanding can bring evil — and the possibility of deliverance.

A Land More Kind Than Home is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all. Wiley Cash's electrifying literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in their small …

An adventurous and precocious boy, Jess Hall is very protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not to snoop on grown-ups, Stump can't help sneaking a look at something he's not supposed to — an act that will have catastrophic repercussions, shattering both his world and Jess's.

It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's not prepared. While there is much about the world that still confuses him, he now knows that this new understanding can bring evil — and the possibility of deliverance.

A Land More Kind Than Home is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power of love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all. Wiley Cash's electrifying literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in their small western North Carolina town is stunning.

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3 stars

This book was kind of hit or miss for me. The positives- I like southern gothic. I liked the characters.
I like the idea of a snake handling, strychnine drinking, speaking in tongues church. I like the idea of a strong church leader with his cult-like following ala Jim Jones. The negatives outweighed the positives, alas. The negatives- Though I liked the characters, they were not developed fully, fleshed out and brought to life. If they would have been, that would have made the story more enjoyable and perhaps more believable. Some of the events and how they came about seemed very far-fetched and unbelievable. When that happens in a book it takes me right out of the story and has me shaking my head like, nope. The characters needed more backstory and more insight into their psyches, more insight into their daily lives. Lastly the ending was completely unbelievable …

This book was kind of hit or miss for me. The positives- I like southern gothic. I liked the characters.
I like the idea of a snake handling, strychnine drinking, speaking in tongues church. I like the idea of a strong church leader with his cult-like following ala Jim Jones. The negatives outweighed the positives, alas. The negatives- Though I liked the characters, they were not developed fully, fleshed out and brought to life. If they would have been, that would have made the story more enjoyable and perhaps more believable. Some of the events and how they came about seemed very far-fetched and unbelievable. When that happens in a book it takes me right out of the story and has me shaking my head like, nope. The characters needed more backstory and more insight into their psyches, more insight into their daily lives. Lastly the ending was completely unbelievable and just silly.

The pieces of the puzzle were there but they weren't put together. The story was not developed fully as far as I'm concerned. The book is not bad, just it seemed unpolished or rushed.

Zack

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Sept. 6, 2015

seabelis

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May 24, 2022