The Gillespie County Fair is a novel with so much potential in the story, but it fell so flat for me. I didn’t feel any sort of connection to or sympathy for the characters or what they were experiencing. Willow was really the only character who I had any sympathy for. It also seemed like the story jumped around a lot; there were events that took place but were only mentioned as having happened, even though they sounded like they could have been a good addition to the story. Then there were other parts that seemed to serve no purpose. The beginning was good, giving the book potential in my opinion, but after that it fell off. I came to this book expecting some action or conflict, and came away with next to none.