Wally Lambs much anticipated, The Hour I First Believed can not compare to the power behind his novel, I Know This Much Is True yet there is something about it that entraps and captivates you.
This novel is painfully researched be prepared for several lessons on history and mythology. These sections along with a thesis portion can drag the book down but I encourage you to push thru them because the story the lays behind them is worth the read.
The historical sidebars are a bit too long and in my opinion and irrelevant to the main story which makes for a long and meandering read. It is as though Lamb tried to fit too many topics into a story that should be about a husband and wife overcoming the effects of the Columbine shootings.
The characters are well developed and in many aspects sympathetic. Had Lamb not added so many additional story lines that did not strengthen the plot but rather weaken it, this book would have been more much better.
Grade: C
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