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The Good Fight (2012)

by Andrew Grey(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1613727372 (ISBN13: 9781613727379)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dreamspinner Press

series

The Good Fight

review 1: This book was tedious with an extreme focus on mundane details and no real climax or excitement. The first person narration was detached and unemotional, like a monotonous reel without any ebb and flow in tone or other paralanguage to indicate anger, sadness, longing, ANYTHING. All the characters spoke in artificial, overly formal sentences and were too damn polite, except for the social worker who was referred to as the "ugly white woman," which made me cringe every time. Stereotyping and prejudice can go both ways, and while John had clearly been wronged, and the system's treatment of his Native American nephew and niece was terrible, this made John look uneducated and insensitive, like the very system he was trying to fight. At the beginning, Jerry (what a fuddy-duddy n... moreame for an MC) is very good friends with Peter and his partner, and Peter helps him out a lot. But when Peter loses his job, Jerry has absolutely NO REACTION. He never says, Sorry, or, How can I help? He reluctantly gives Peter a trial job, but is relieved when Peter decides it's not what he wants to do since Jerry had to spend so much time helping Peter brush up his computer skills. Give the man a clap on the back for being the Worst Fucking Friend Ever. I studied the Lakota language and culture when I was working on my master's thesis in theoretical linguistics, and many years later I can tell you much, much more about this incredible Native American tribe than this book. Grey did no or little research, guaranteed. The fact that John was from the Lakota tribe was mentioned a couple times. All the other times it was just a tribe, as if they are all interchangeable, and while John whines about how his niece and nephew aren't being exposed to his tribe's traditions, we see none of these traditions on the page. There's reference to John speaking Lakota, but no words are mentioned, which just ticked me off because that language is gorgeous I didn't feel like the intercultural/interracial aspect of John and Jerry's relationship was handled with sensitivity at all. It mattered in the abstract to push the plot along, but John and Jerry's relationship was so flat and undeveloped, they could have been anyone from anywhere. To give credit where it's due, this book was well-written. Grey is clearly an experienced writer, and it was light enough reading, but the story lacked depth and didn't keep my interest.
review 2: I think this was a more of a 3.5, but I love the wholesome family values in Andrew Grey's books so I'm rounding up. I liked the story. I grew in Arizona with Navajo reservation close by. This book was a very realistic telling of a very real issue that takes place. Personally, I had a hard time with John. Even mad, his passions were kinda flip. Jerry really was the star of this book. But, I would of liked to see John stronger. Yes, he got mad but he didn't do anything unless Jerry told him to. I guess my only other issue was there were two parts of this book. First is the job and then that goes away almost completely when the kids come. I would if liked a nice balance. less

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