Title: Don't waste your time.
Product review: The narrative is good, the ending OK. But the dialogue is wooden, there are wrong usages of words (adverse-averse; "may" instead of "might"), which were written in error and not edited out. The book looks as if it had been rushed out to capitalize on Snow Falling.I tell myself to stop reading as soon as I know a book's a dud; I wish I'd followed my own advice here. At least "East of" is short. If you want good writing, try: Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, Mordecai Richler's Barney's Version, Martin Cruz Smith's Gorky Park, John Irving's Widow for One Year, and anything by Richard Russo. But don't waste your time on Guterson.
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