Where All Light Tends to Go

De: David Joy

Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews

In the country-noir tradition of Winter's Bone meets Breaking Bad, a savage and beautiful story of a young man seeking redemption.

The area surrounding Cashiers, North Carolina, is home to people of all kinds, but the world that Jacob McNeely lives in is crueler than most. His father runs a methodically organized meth ring, with local authorities on the dime to turn a blind eye to his dealings. Having dropped out of high school and cut himself off from his peers, Jacob has been working for this father for years, all on the promise that his payday will come eventually. The only joy he finds comes from reuniting with Maggie, his first love, and a girl clearly bound for bigger and better things than their hardscrabble town.

Jacob has always been resigned to play the cards that were dealt him, but when a fatal mistake changes everything, he's faced with a choice: stay and appease his father, or leave the mountains with the girl he loves. In a place where blood is thicker than water and hope takes a back seat to fate, Jacob wonders if he can muster the strength to rise above the only life he's ever known.

©2015 David Joy (P)2015 Penguin Audio

Bummer

The narrator did a fantastic job but the book was shallow and kind of cliche. I'm really surprised that there are so many positive reviews. I wish there was more of a back story to Jacobs parents and more insight to his childhood that helped me to understand why they were the way they had become. The book was okay, not bad, not great. I only gave it three stars because of the narrator.

MacLeod Andrews put in a 5-star performance

I enjoyed the story well enough, but there's no question in my mind that Andrew's elevated Joy's work. Great stuff.

wow

i just finished his other book when i started this one, the line that held us. and ive gotta say, overall i liked that one better for the beginning. but the ending of this one is just savage and beautiful and tragic and... wow. im glad i hung in there. sad though. man, sad.

Very honest

I really enjoyed the book, very honest and gritty. I loved the narrator, really made the story feel very authentic.

Harsh but touching

Great debut novel of boy growing up in hill country with drug dysfunctional parents. Poetic language with beautiful descriptions offset the ugliness. Can't believe it took me so long to listen and look forward to more from this author. Right up there with Taylor Bown and John Hart.

Dark and Depressing.

I thought the narrator did a really good job, but I did not enjoy this book. Jacob's father was the most mean spirited vile bully. I was really hoping poor Jacob would catch a break and be able to escape from his sad life.

Interested slice of life

Good story about people and a place I would never otherwise get a glimpse of

It grew on me....

Wasn't sure I could deal with the language and graphic description but glad I stayed with it. Really couldn't put it down once I got into it. Great book!

Perfect Southern Gothic

This is upper level writing and narration. Beautiful sentences full of gruesome images. Well done.

Grippingly good

Solid writing, the contrast of the writing and the storyline was amazing! Great narration as well.