A collection of short stories involving John Silver, the Appalachia mountains and the strange going ons that take place there. Modern folklore essentially.
The thematic elements were amazing. I felt like I was actually tracking through the backwoods with John. The stories made me ravenously curious about Appalachia, it's history and culture. Many times while reading I found myself stopping and looking up Appalachia music or Appalachia food.
While it was well written and the author is highly skilled, I did find the stories a bit samey after a while. It is difficult to put my finger on exactly why, because the plots were different, but somehow mostly similar. I think if I had not been reading the stories one after another perhaps I wouldn't notice.
This is one of those rare times where I think I would have enjoyed each story more if they were stretched out. Perhaps each one a novella. I enjoyed The Old Gods Waken more so for this reason.
The last few hours of this book I in fact had to push through and was more doing it just to finish rather than out of enjoyment.
I am still willing to read more of John's adventures in following books, but maybe after a bit of a break or perhaps reading it at a slower pace.
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