The GoodIt was readable and I finished (lately that has been rare for me). I also read it a month ago and had no problem remembering details to write a review. I think the underlying story was good just not executed very well.
The Bad
Some sections of writing we're the definition of "trying to hard". The first paragraph was so bad if it hadn't been a book club selection I would not have kept reading. This is also the most predictable (and over done) ending I've ever read. Not just whether it was a happy ending or not..I predicted all the details of how the end would play out except one.
For my full review
http://goingforgoldilocks.blogspot.com/2013/08/when-crickets-cry-by-charles-martin.html
