{"id":2497,"date":"2017-07-26T01:29:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T01:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2017-07-26T01:29:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T01:29:53","slug":"ordinary-grace-william-kent-kreuger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/ordinary-grace-william-kent-kreuger\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Ordinary Grace<\/em> by William Kent Krueger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/15803059-ordinary-grace\" style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Ordinary Grace\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1358264094m\/15803059.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/15803059-ordinary-grace\">Ordinary Grace<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/71170.William_Kent_Krueger\">William Kent Krueger<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/2072020702\">4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The narrator of this book, Frank, is a 13-year-old boy in a small town in Minnesota. The year is 1961. Frank&#8217;s father is a minister, his sister a musical prodigy like her mother, and his younger brother a stutterer. Although there are several deaths, mostly violent ones, there is no serial killer, no ace detective or FBI agent pursuing anyone. This is a psychological drama masquerading as a mystery. It explores issues of faith, ambition, prejudice, and coming-of-age in a thoughtful way. It is well-written and I recommend it. If my praise seems lukewarm, it is only because the book is slow to start. There&#8217;s a great deal of character development and not much action until two-thirds of the way through the book. Even then, action is perhaps the wrong word. Exciting events and suspense might be more accurate. There is a homicide investigation going on, but for hard core mystery fans this is perhaps not the best choice. There was enough foreshadowing that the killer wasn&#8217;t difficult to identify a few chapters before the end. The imparted wisdom seemed at times too pat and too preachy, but the intelligence of the writing and the overall well-designed plot make this a worthwhile read.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/12975428-russell-atkinson\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger My rating: 4 of 5 stars The narrator of this book, Frank, is a 13-year-old boy in a small town in Minnesota. The year is 1961. Frank&#8217;s father is a minister, his sister a musical prodigy like her mother, and his younger brother a stutterer. 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