Title: Witty writing, stupid subject matter, and silly ending
Product review: TOMATO RED is a little wittier than WINTER'S BONE, and equally depressing. As a lifelong MO resident I'm sure these characters exist in some form, but they would in any city or state. Poor MO, the left and right coasts probably think there's nothing good in fly-over land. I didn't appreciate the smuttiness, although, I know, that's life, but it could have been handled obliquely. I don't know what the fascination is with a window or microscope into the hopeless lives of people in general. Do we learn anything about the characters? No. It's sinful human nature acting like human nature. We can all imagine or experience it. If writing has a purpose there should be some redeeming quality to it, at least an ending without such a loose end...it was like falling off a cliff. I'm sure there are grand pubas of literature who fawn over this stuff, but it was probably a waste of my time.
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