Oyster Book

I picked up this book and read the blurb on the inside cover. Generally this is how I decide on getting a book or not. Lots of times I put the book down because its the same old rehash of a writer trying to make up for lack of story by throwing in international mystery, government coo, the world on the brink of disaster. The world ending can only come to the aid of limp-wristed stories so many times.

Oyster was different. It is a deceptively simple primes but one with a world of emotional possibilities.
"This could be good," I said to my self and made the purchase. It turns out it was good. I was soon engrossed in the story and flew through the pages.

The good things about this book. It paints the picture of oyster fishing expertly, there is a real feeling of small community living here, where good and evil are not highbrow ideals but everyday occurrences. There is still something of the wild west about this story, where people do what they have to do, an accepted facet of life in the times. The twists are good and nothing is so far fetched that I could not imagine it happening.

The things that let me down about the book. There is a fair bit of head-hopping going on, not something I expected to find in a big budget book like this. How the editors passed on it mystifies me. There is also the inconsistency of these tract holders being referred to as the richest people in the county only to be left feeling they were on the breadline five minutes later. Small things but enough to knock it down a star.

All in all a good book and an enjoyable read.