Bloodroot Book

Wow. After the slightly mixed reviews from Goodreads and the kind of cheesy, vague (and somewhat misleading, I think) description on the front flap, I was expecting this to be a decent, folksy read. But I just finished it and I can't stop thinking about it.

There's something haunting about the book. My heart just broke for all the characters. The writing was breathtakingly beautiful and the author even managed to weave in the accents and local ways of speaking without sounding contrived or making her characters sound like dimwitted hicks. The book dealt with horrifically sad stories about abuse and loss without seeming melodramatic or heavy-handed. The descriptions of the mountains made me want to go romp around in the woods on a sunny day. I guess the story and writing style reminded me a little bit of Alice Hoffman, but really this book had a style all its own.

Fascinating story, hard to put down, wonderfully-written. If this author writes any more books, I will surely read them.