Books / Book 298
Date: 2002-11-29 (permlink)
Author: Richard Russo
Name: Empire Falls
Rating: 4.5 stars

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Entertaining reading, and some unpredictable plot points. I'm not talking about the true identity of Charlie Mayne, which I guessed from the start, but rather the direction the John Voss character was taken. First he's introduced in a way that suggests he's a genius waiting to blossom, then he turns into a homicidal maniac. That, or I'm too predisposed to think good of characters like Voss, which is a scary thought.