About:
We Will See You Bleed by Ron Currie Jr. is a dark, gritty, but very lively novel about modern-day outlaws.
Mr. Currie, a Waterville native, is a published author of fiction.
- 384 pages
- Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 0593851692
My rating for We Will See You Bleed - 5
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Thoughts:
I enjoyed the author's previous book, The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne and was excited to read this prequel. Waterville, ME is already a run-down town, but Babs is not yet the ruthless mob boss-like figure she is in the first book. In fact, Babs has sworn off violence until events forced her hands.
We Will See You Bleed by Ron Currie Ir. drops the reader right into a town on the verge of collapse. The citizens are exhausted, neighbors battle each other, scabs from Virginia are like a stap in the face, and the rot of it all comes from the inside.
Much like its predecessors, the characters are what makes the book so much fun. Babs is forced to quickly figure out the local corruption schemes to win each small battle, which are both exhausting and dangerous. Everything is corrupt, from the police to the church, and the mill owner who is working in conjunction with the local drug lord to provide security.
The colorful mix of townsfolk, along with the bleak humor was what made me love the first book and enjoy the second just as much. Babs must become a cold, calculating, immortal leader in order to protect her neighbors and town from skirmishes that have huge consequences for them, but would garner a paragraph in a newspaper.
The book does have a bunch of subplots and could feel overwhelming. Nevertheless, Mr. Currie navigates them beautifully with grace and brutality alike.
The novel is about small town America, on the brink of collapse experiencing economic violence is something that, the cynic in me believes, many experience. An origin story that Babs deserves, a deeply tragic and fragile character transforming into a mythical, battle-hardened antihero.
Synopsis:
In "Little Canada" or its official name Waterville, Maine where French is spoken just as much as English there are trouble brewing. The town is on the verge of collapse after a bitter, two-year long fight between the town's residents and the owners of the mill which the whole town depends upon for survival.
Babs Dionne, a strong-willed woman whose husband has lost his job attempts to lead the union for a peaceful resolution. But "Little Canada" is rotten and diplomacy is no longer an option.
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"When the traditional male breadwinners of Little Canada are broken by the strike, the women step up and demand a more aggressive approach. What does this novel say about patriarchal failure and the raw nature of matriarchal power during a community crisis?"
Zohar – Man of la Book
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