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Oct 14, 2021ValerieH_read rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Great atmosphere. Great resolution. Great protagonist. If you like complex characters and atmosphere, you'll appreciate this story.
Jan 27, 2021TheresaAJ rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Although this book is labeled a mystery, it's part historical fiction, part mystery. Caren Gray has returned home to Belle Vie, the historical Louisiana plantation that she grew up on. Her family members were originally slaves on the…
Jan 10, 2021hwpeete rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
My first Attica Locke book was Bluebird, Bluebird, and it is my favorite read of 2020 and one of the best reads I've come across. Following that, I read Black Water Rising (her first novel), and I just finished The Cutting Season. While…
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Nov 19, 2020bookpusher rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I felt like nothing happened until at least midway through...Get to it already. Overall I liked it though
Aug 27, 2020SaturdayMorning rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Very enjoyable read. I couldn't put the book down and finished it in 2 days (a record for me). What I like about this book: -Enough world building and character building without droning on and on. -No purple language. -Flawed main…
Jul 19, 2020LPL_ShirleyB rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Brilliant! This is a haunting & compelling contemporary mystery rooted in the antebellum history of a former plantation in Louisiana.
Sep 19, 2019STPL_JessH rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Cutting Season is excellent. Locke finds the perfect balance of crime, history, and social commentary. This story kept me hooked from beginning to end. I also recommend Locke's Highway 59 Series. Definitely an author to follow!
Jun 08, 2019wineandchocolat rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
The story is told in excruciating detail, which I don’t mind if the details provided are interesting, drawing me in to the environment and characters but the author doesn’t appear to have that magical ability to do that. It’s just boring.
Aug 02, 2018caburokas rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A look at a world that was unfamiliar to me--the cane fields of Louisianna. Also enjoyed the complex relationships among the descendents of slaves, the whites that owned nearly everything, and the land itself. Caren, the main character…
Feb 12, 2017lovemybranch rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I couldn't get myself to finish the book because I didn't care about the characters at all. But her later novel Pleasantville was more enjoyable.
Mar 17, 2014maipenrai rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
*** STARS. Caren Gray is the general manager of Belle Vie, a sprawling antebellum plantation where the past and the present coexist uneasily. She is a person of color who was raised on the plantation where earlier generations of her…
Mar 02, 2013uncommonreader rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A thriller, set on a plantation in Louisiana which is now a tourist attraction, where the heroine is the manager of the plantation and also the descendent of plantation slaves. There are two murrders; one 100 years ago; one of a migrant…
Nov 29, 2012
This is a mix of literary novel and mystery. Beautifully written with a fascinating background of the legacy of slavery (set on a former plantation now turned into a sort of theme park). The murder at the centre of the book is that of a…
Nov 13, 2012bridge1 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
I put it down and picked it up a couple of times before I finished it. Didn't like the characters very much.
Nov 12, 2012
"This is a beautifully written novel that transcends the mystery genre and is as truthful as it is gripping." Thrillers and Suspense Newsletter November 2012…
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Oct 26, 2012nutty7688 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Boring......