Hang the Moon

 

Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I liked the time era of this book--the time between the world wars. And from the end notes there is some truth to the characters in this story. I just didn't feel connected to them. The first half of the book seems like a log of people who come, and then go or die just to set up the second half of the book which isn't near as much fun as it should be. I think we are supposed to sympathize with Sallie and the bootleggers but I just couldn't. I felt they were sanctimonious as if it were ok to break the law, hurt others and make a profit as long as they could justify it. Everyone else was a bully, amoral, and wrong in their eyes, yet they couldn't see how their own actions were similar. I guess I just didn't relate well enough to the characters to care about them.

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