Title: No Stars
Review: I am sad to say I would give this book no stars if possible. True, the writing is fine enough; but, paradoxically, this is one of the most disappointing things about the book. Mr. Sherrill has talent as a writer, but his sensibility here is off to the extent that is seems a waste of talent to have written this book. Visits relies on shock value and grotesqueness for its momentum. These are stock items, not creativity. There are parts of the book that I sincerely believe are plainly misogynistic. Writing talent is only half the necessary package; the other half is sensibility. This story has few, if any, redeeming qualities. Mr. Sherrill should have written it and tucked it away, then moved on to subject matter that interests and entertains the reader--and perhaps adds some insight to human nature and to our plights as human beings. All this book does is wallow in stereotypes of "white trash" culture--if you can call what Sherrill displays here "culture."
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