A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Week Five
East of Denver by Gregory Hill

I found this book while browsing through Amazon.com - East of Denver won Amazon's 2011 Breakthrough Novel Award, so I figured it was worth a read.

In this novel, Shakespeare, a man living in Denver, returns to his small farming community located a few hours east of the Denver metro area to care for his aging and mentally declining father. If you've ever been to Denver, you know that there is nothing good anywhere east of the city. To be honest, even the suburbs east of Denver are horrible. Two hours east of the city feels like driving into hell. As you can imagine, Shakespeare is not all too pleased with his new living situation. He soon finds out that not only is he living in the small town he grew up in with the people he wasn't too fond of in high school, but that him and his father are in a dire financial situation.

This book was a very easy read - there's nothing too intricate in the plot, the dialog is basic to say the least, and, it's just straight up short. Even though this wasn't the most complex novel I've read, I still enjoyed it for what it is. My reaction to the ending was something like, "Hm... Ok," while I turned the page to see if there was another chapter. Despite that, it was still enjoyable.

Next week, we're going back to the dogs with A Dog Named Boo by Lisa J. Edwards.