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Chattanoogna A Novel (2000)

by Chet Raymo(Favorite Author)

2.9 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway, and I have to say that reading the back, I was a little intrigued. But it did not deliver what I was hoping for. Instead we have a story from far too many different perspectives with far too many characters and far too many different stories rolled into one. It could have been an entire series with the number of various tangents, and maybe would have been more successful overall that way. I would have liked to see thoughts from Alma or even Emma Sue, to be honest. Also, there is a typo on page 171 that is fairly obvious. :)
review 2: I almost rated this book 3 stars but then reviewed the guidelines and definitely decided that while the book was "ok" I did not like it. This is particularly sad because it has a lot of pot... moreential, the time period alone is just ripe for the picking when it comes to great stories. Unfortunately I think "Chattanooga" bit off more that it could chew. There are way too many characters to get a good read on any of them, and most of them are completely unlikeable so you really don't care what they are doing or why. Then there are multiple plotlines, adultry, kidnapping, child abuse, POW, racism, disabilities, etc that you just become overwhelmed trying to figure out what's going on. The author hisself does have an easy style, I just wish he would have trimmed down the storylines and wrote multiple books rather than cramming it all into this one thin novel. less

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