This Tender Land, William Kent Krueger (3.5)
It surprises me when a 400+ page book has an abrupt ending. I thought it was odd that my kindle was at 92%, but the story did not seem to be ending. Next thing I knew it wrapped up and I was reading the Epilogue! I can see why many people rated the book highly – likable characters being chased by despicable ones, racism of the times to bemoan, an interesting perilous journey and a whole lot of Americana thrown in along the way. The details related to the Depression were added well and appropriately heartbreaking. While I liked the storytelling, I found the book to be too long and a bit heavy handed with the messaging
