Small Texas town with typical townies still living their high school days. One who left now returns and sees the same old, same old, including rivalries that never went away.
Growing up with an English teacher mother made me cringe when I read, "What dat dere you got on yer head, boy?" I was already annoyed with the over the top characters, but that put me in full annoyed mode and I found it never got any better.
The Gillespie County Fair title really didn't sum up the book as it was at the end of the book and really didn't factor into the story as much as I thought it should have given the title.
Main characters: Carel- a good ole boy with a temper and guns. The scene where he practices his draw while wearing hat and skivvies... need I say more? Cora Lynn, his present wife, keeps calling him sugar boots. Huh???Mari is his ex wife and Willow is the estranged daughter. Max returns to town to find his father is still a bully and nothing good has changed there.
All in all, I was tuned out early on, but I finished it. I won't be reading any more by this author.
Growing up with an English teacher mother made me cringe when I read, "What dat dere you got on yer head, boy?" I was already annoyed with the over the top characters, but that put me in full annoyed mode and I found it never got any better.
The Gillespie County Fair title really didn't sum up the book as it was at the end of the book and really didn't factor into the story as much as I thought it should have given the title.
Main characters: Carel- a good ole boy with a temper and guns. The scene where he practices his draw while wearing hat and skivvies... need I say more? Cora Lynn, his present wife, keeps calling him sugar boots. Huh???Mari is his ex wife and Willow is the estranged daughter. Max returns to town to find his father is still a bully and nothing good has changed there.
All in all, I was tuned out early on, but I finished it. I won't be reading any more by this author.