Title: This one is not as good as his others
Product review: In a Dark Time by Larry Watson does not measure up to two of his other novels which I've read: White Crosses and Montana, 1948. In this novel, the narrative is that of a school teacher's daily journal, one in which he details his observations concerning the recent murders of three girls from his school along with his encounters with some of his fellow teachers. The feel and flow of the story is poor. Even Watson's attempts at bringing the reader into the psychological stance of his narrator are weak. Compared to White Crosses, this first novel of his falls sadly short. Clearly Watson is a writer who has gotten better with each successive book.I found myself struggling to get to the end, asking myself if indeed the payoff would be worth the labor of the read, and when I reached the end finally, found myself as bored as I had been while in the thick of it all.
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