Fire in the Canyon, Daniel Gumbiner (2.5)
While this book spoke to me as a person in California familiar with the scare of wildfires, the writing was a bit off for me to fully enjoy it. I liked the descriptions of the animals and farm life of a small grape grower in the foothills. I love that area and life. I was distracted by details that didn’t seem necessary and brought me out of the story. Words should be intentional or not included – I often thought ‘why is he telling me this?’ and expected things to happen that didn’t. Many of these side stories go nowhere. I also found inconsistencies such as the main character mentions several times that he can’t afford to take his wife out to dinner but eats lunch out all the time. The descriptions of living in an area of drought that is threatened by fire are good and realistic, though maybe not something most of us need to read. The writing is not good enough for me to recommend this to those who have not experienced it.
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