A review by mo_mentan
Deacon King Kong by James McBride

5.0

*4.5
this was great. the characters, the emotions, the interactions. it was a little slow at times but i loved how it all started to make sense in the end, how the stories intertwined.

but where tf is that church money? what about the cop and the preacher's wife? the old irish man?

while this was great, it could have been perfection. everything could have fit perfectly, like "girl, woman, other" or "holes". because while it was satisfying and i loved the way zhg people simply refused to die so all could make sense while still leaving much room for human irrationality and mystery, in the end it was not absolutely perfectly neat, but not messy either, and that bothered me, somewhat.