Chapter VII

“You’re beginning to figure it out now, aren’t you?”

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S town

I enjoyed this mystery.
It began as a strange story but ended as a mystery solved!

Mildly intriguing

The narrator… absolutely flawless. I could listen to him speak for hours. Even to report on a narrowly interesting tale of mental illness in America. I found John very likeable and oohed and ahhhed from time to time, but really… the story didn’t go anywhere.

Beautifully tragic

Very good reminder as a matter how well you know someone and we don’t know them.

John B is fascinating and relatable

Being a southern native, born and raised, still living in northern Florida close to the Alabama line, John B is totally relatable and feels like home. Listening to him and the other Alabamians speak, is like sitting around a campfire reminiscing about friends and loved ones we too have lost. I listened to the final chapter a few times, processing John B’s final thoughts. Suicide hits close to home for me, as it does most. It feels like a hint of closure I never got for a few of my very good friends, who’s lives were also cut short. Thank you for this

Intriguing

The story is riveting. I enjoyed hearing about their lives and felt connected to the people in this story.