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Little, Brown and Company (2006), Edition: First Edition, 208 pages
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Ree Dolly's father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his next court date. With two young brothers depending on her, 16-year-old Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive. Living in the harsh poverty of the Ozarks, Ree learns quickly that asking questions of the rough Dolly clan can be a fatal mistake. But, as an unsettling revelation lurks, Ree discovers unforeseen depths in herself and in a family network that protects its own at any cost. "The lineage from Faulkner to Woodrell runs as deep and true as an Ozark stream in this book...his most profound and haunting yet." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
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LibraryThing member swl
Gorgeous, raw, riveting, redemptive....I love this book and am thrilled to have found DW.
Don't know where to begin - beauty in scene & setting that is wrenching...characters so true they must have been divined rather than created...a devastating heart-scraping revelation of right and wrong and its
That I know this place - but spent a long time trying to pretend I had only the most ephemeral relationship with it - has caused this book to lodge hard in me. Ozark people (like marginalized people in other American corners) are hard to defend and harder to love - easy to condemn.
One of the most beautiful books I've read.
Don't know where to begin - beauty in scene & setting that is wrenching...characters so true they must have been divined rather than created...a devastating heart-scraping revelation of right and wrong and its
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refusal to take any recognizable form in a remote and un-nurturing landscape.That I know this place - but spent a long time trying to pretend I had only the most ephemeral relationship with it - has caused this book to lodge hard in me. Ozark people (like marginalized people in other American corners) are hard to defend and harder to love - easy to condemn.
One of the most beautiful books I've read.
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LibraryThing member -Cee-
Excellent writing. The story of a gutsy 17 yr old girl, Ree, who takes responsibility for her family when the parents fail. There is a strong sense of extended family and a gripping tension as they align themselves for and against each other. Ree learns tough lessons the hard way.
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writing is intense and powerful. All his characters feel real and complex. His portrayal of Ree's existence in the Ozarks is painfully descriptive. You, the reader, are living in her world. Show Less
LibraryThing member clfisha
Darkly compelling, beautifully written Noir
Evocatively woven, this tale of survival and disappearance in the tightly knitted community in the Orzaks, USA. The simmering tensions and tightly controlled social rules, the bleak and cold setting both entwine and kick the book’s atmosphere straight
It is a gripping and involving tale. One that this is a world away from my English city life yet feels so real it’s one of the reasons I devour books so eagerly. That is wrapped around a tightly, nail biting drama with your hoped for outcome muddy and dissolute. I want things thatI know cannot happen in this world, what’s the least worst outcome? Dark Noir with a shining heart is exactly the type I love and this is a highly recommended example. It’s my first Woodrell but it will not be my last.
Evocatively woven, this tale of survival and disappearance in the tightly knitted community in the Orzaks, USA. The simmering tensions and tightly controlled social rules, the bleak and cold setting both entwine and kick the book’s atmosphere straight
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into your brain, I could feel the ice slowly settling on me as I read. At the centre of the story is Ree Dolly, shockingly brave and stubborn. She carries practically the only light in the books heart, so forcefully you cannot but empathise, a beautifully drawn character alongside a great cast, none of which descend into stereotypes. The simmering violence and love they exude exist to joust between the surface of most familial encounters with just as much menace as tenacious hope to swamp you. It is a gripping and involving tale. One that this is a world away from my English city life yet feels so real it’s one of the reasons I devour books so eagerly. That is wrapped around a tightly, nail biting drama with your hoped for outcome muddy and dissolute. I want things thatI know cannot happen in this world, what’s the least worst outcome? Dark Noir with a shining heart is exactly the type I love and this is a highly recommended example. It’s my first Woodrell but it will not be my last.
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LibraryThing member tloeffler
I had a very difficult time with this book. It was difficult to read, both because it was written in the Ozark dialect, and also because it was, well, difficult to read. Everything that happens in the book is written so matter-of factly, like it's perfectly normal for a teenaged girl to be beaten
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by a group of adult women because she's asking too many questions. Even Ree, the teenager, seems to accept this as the way of the world. That being said, it is a very powerful book, more so because I suspect that these things happen daily in that area. I didn't like it, I didn't enjoy it, but I can't call it a "bad book." Show Less
LibraryThing member mschwander
Ree Dolly is a tough, determined sixteen-year-old who is faced with responsibilities most adults could not face-up to, let alone a
young, teenage girl. The Dolly family lives in a grim, destitute Missouri town where front yards are decorated with slaughtered deer
and most town-folk are related in
force the family to loose their home, she goes on a dangerous hunt to find her father and save her home. Ree is faced with
unfathomable obstacles as she has two young brothers to look after as well as a mother who is mentally incapable of the simplest of
chores. The most compelling element of this fascinating novel is the intensity of the author’s writing. Readers may find themselves
re-reading lines just to appreciate his meaningful blending of words.
young, teenage girl. The Dolly family lives in a grim, destitute Missouri town where front yards are decorated with slaughtered deer
and most town-folk are related in
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some way. When Ree learns that her father, a “crank cooker”, may have jumped bail and therebyforce the family to loose their home, she goes on a dangerous hunt to find her father and save her home. Ree is faced with
unfathomable obstacles as she has two young brothers to look after as well as a mother who is mentally incapable of the simplest of
chores. The most compelling element of this fascinating novel is the intensity of the author’s writing. Readers may find themselves
re-reading lines just to appreciate his meaningful blending of words.
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LibraryThing member heidilove
Woodrell's tale unfolds with a petic lyricism that makes each page a delight. The writing, when juxtaposed with the plot and the characters creates a sweet-and-sour tale of life in the Ozarks. If Hemingway were alive today, he'd be reading Woodrell.
LibraryThing member burnit99
A novel of spare grace and harsh beauty, set in the Missouri Ozarks. Ree Dolly is a sixteen-year-old girl who, ever since her mother disappeared inside herself, has taken care of her and Ree's younger brother and sister. The land and the house is all they have, but now it is forfeit soon by bond
The character of Ree is a blessing and a revelation. The book jacket blurb compares her to Mattie Ross in "True Grit", and I concur. This is the kind of masterly writing that makes me want to seek out the author's other books and hope to God it's not just a fluke. The book was made into a great film last year that didn't get much notice, but was nominated for best picture and for my money should've won.
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unless her meth-cooker daddy shows up for his court appearance. Ree desperately goes asking the rest of her extended clan where he is, learning that the clan guards its secrets with deadly seriousness, even from its own, even from a young girl trying to save her family.The character of Ree is a blessing and a revelation. The book jacket blurb compares her to Mattie Ross in "True Grit", and I concur. This is the kind of masterly writing that makes me want to seek out the author's other books and hope to God it's not just a fluke. The book was made into a great film last year that didn't get much notice, but was nominated for best picture and for my money should've won.
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LibraryThing member kraaivrouw
I came to this book in a roundabout way. Usually I read books, they make movies, and I might or might not watch them. In the case of Winter's Bone, I heard a lot about the movie and kept thinking, "I should see that," and then never getting around to it. It's that whole life thing, it can really
I was listening to NPR and a feature they've run all summer about memorable movie locations. On the Friday afternoon that I was listening, I heard this gorgeous mountain music coming from the headphones into my ears. It was pure and hardscrabble, assured and heartfelt and I fell in love in an instant. So I paid attention to the story. It was about the movie Winter's Bone and the location where it was filmed including lots of interviews with the man who made filming there possible. It was beautiful and I played it twice more before deciding that I was going to go home, find out if the movie was streaming on Netflix, and watch it that very night. It was and I did and I loved it - loved the way it captured the life of the rural poor and the community and just the look and feel of the Ozarks - a place that is in many ways off the maps, out of time, and unapproachably gorgeous.
When I finished watching the movie I got up from the couch and ordered the book immediately because I knew I had to read it and I really wanted to own it. It came and I devoured it with equal parts joy and sadness.
Winter's Bone has it all as a novel - a young woman's coming of age in harsh surroundings, a mystery that is dangerous to discover, a desperate quest for answers, and an extended family that epitomizes the Southern Gothic. These are desperate people doing this best they can with what they've got. First it was moonshine, then it was pot, and these days methamphetamine - the cooking, using, and distributing of it with all the danger and sadness that marks communities touched by its crystal fingers.
The main character, Ree, is absolutely admirable and completely compelling in her desperation. Her choices may seem unwise, but within the context of her place, her time, and the reality of her situation she doggedly does what needs to be done, even when it's ugly, even when it's life-threatening. There are no real heroics here, at least not in the sense that we usually think of heroics. Instead there is cold-eyed pragmatism at the heart of all of the choices available to all of the characters in this book and that feels real. This isn't a message book, it isn't feel-good, it's an unalloyed tale of troubles brought down on a family with very few options.
Daniel Woodrell is a fine craftsman with both language and storytelling. He is spare and judicious and there are passages in this book that give me goosebumps even thinking about the way they are written and the utter simple beauty of the craft even when the telling isn't so pretty. Woodrell evokes the sense of place and outside of time and harsh reality within the broader storytelling tradition that is as old as we've been upright. This book is pitch perfect.
Best of all is the relationship that develops between Ree and her Uncle Teardrop - her father's older brother. He's the quiet frightening one with the reputation that delivers on the promise his looks make. Ree is scared of him and should be. He's a scary man. Best of all is that he is a scary man who is also a tragedy. The waste of potential and ability that is set upon people with no options is writ large across his life. I couldn't help but fall in love with him a little even as I knew what a bad idea that would be.
People within this community earn and keep their place the hardest way. The rules are set in stone and the myth of family and family honor is locked into life, even though it isn't always evident in reality. Everyone here is trapped and surviving. Everyone here has hundreds of years of tradition that dictates how to do that. Everyone here has honor so long as you can see that through the context of the community and its traditions.
I wouldn't say this book is necessarily uplifting or inspiring or ends on a bright note with a hopeful future. Its clear ties to Antigone's tale telegraph to the reader that the story won't be pretty and it won't end the way you'd like. Like Sophocles, Woodrell draws the reader into the heart of tragedy and doesn't let go. There is no looking away. There is what's there in all its tragic, heartbreaking glory.
One of the best books I've read in years. Brilliant, beautiful, and harsh as ice.
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get in the way.I was listening to NPR and a feature they've run all summer about memorable movie locations. On the Friday afternoon that I was listening, I heard this gorgeous mountain music coming from the headphones into my ears. It was pure and hardscrabble, assured and heartfelt and I fell in love in an instant. So I paid attention to the story. It was about the movie Winter's Bone and the location where it was filmed including lots of interviews with the man who made filming there possible. It was beautiful and I played it twice more before deciding that I was going to go home, find out if the movie was streaming on Netflix, and watch it that very night. It was and I did and I loved it - loved the way it captured the life of the rural poor and the community and just the look and feel of the Ozarks - a place that is in many ways off the maps, out of time, and unapproachably gorgeous.
When I finished watching the movie I got up from the couch and ordered the book immediately because I knew I had to read it and I really wanted to own it. It came and I devoured it with equal parts joy and sadness.
Winter's Bone has it all as a novel - a young woman's coming of age in harsh surroundings, a mystery that is dangerous to discover, a desperate quest for answers, and an extended family that epitomizes the Southern Gothic. These are desperate people doing this best they can with what they've got. First it was moonshine, then it was pot, and these days methamphetamine - the cooking, using, and distributing of it with all the danger and sadness that marks communities touched by its crystal fingers.
The main character, Ree, is absolutely admirable and completely compelling in her desperation. Her choices may seem unwise, but within the context of her place, her time, and the reality of her situation she doggedly does what needs to be done, even when it's ugly, even when it's life-threatening. There are no real heroics here, at least not in the sense that we usually think of heroics. Instead there is cold-eyed pragmatism at the heart of all of the choices available to all of the characters in this book and that feels real. This isn't a message book, it isn't feel-good, it's an unalloyed tale of troubles brought down on a family with very few options.
Daniel Woodrell is a fine craftsman with both language and storytelling. He is spare and judicious and there are passages in this book that give me goosebumps even thinking about the way they are written and the utter simple beauty of the craft even when the telling isn't so pretty. Woodrell evokes the sense of place and outside of time and harsh reality within the broader storytelling tradition that is as old as we've been upright. This book is pitch perfect.
Best of all is the relationship that develops between Ree and her Uncle Teardrop - her father's older brother. He's the quiet frightening one with the reputation that delivers on the promise his looks make. Ree is scared of him and should be. He's a scary man. Best of all is that he is a scary man who is also a tragedy. The waste of potential and ability that is set upon people with no options is writ large across his life. I couldn't help but fall in love with him a little even as I knew what a bad idea that would be.
People within this community earn and keep their place the hardest way. The rules are set in stone and the myth of family and family honor is locked into life, even though it isn't always evident in reality. Everyone here is trapped and surviving. Everyone here has hundreds of years of tradition that dictates how to do that. Everyone here has honor so long as you can see that through the context of the community and its traditions.
I wouldn't say this book is necessarily uplifting or inspiring or ends on a bright note with a hopeful future. Its clear ties to Antigone's tale telegraph to the reader that the story won't be pretty and it won't end the way you'd like. Like Sophocles, Woodrell draws the reader into the heart of tragedy and doesn't let go. There is no looking away. There is what's there in all its tragic, heartbreaking glory.
One of the best books I've read in years. Brilliant, beautiful, and harsh as ice.
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LibraryThing member Yllom
Set in the Ozarks in the unforgiving winter. Ree Dolly, a 16-year-old who is the defacto head-of-household, has taken on the responsibility of raising her two younger brothers and caring for her mentally withdrawn mother. A knock on the door informs her that her father has skipped bail, and she
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will lose the house that has been in her family for generations unless he is found, dead or alive. This book is very atmosopheric, with the winter hanging over the story. It has an older feel, partially because of the poverty and living conditions that are treated as commonplace, until you realize that Jessup Dolly had been arrested for running a meth lab. Ree Dolly is a strong girl, old beyond her years, trying to fight for her family in an unforgiving landscape. Show Less
LibraryThing member plm1250
Ree Dolly's father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his next court date. With two young brothers depending on her, 16-year-old Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive. Living in the harsh
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poverty of the Ozarks, Ree learns quickly that asking questions of the rough Dolly clan can be a fatal mistake. But, as an unsettling revelation lurks, Ree discovers unforeseen depths in herself and in a family network that protects its own at any cost. Show Less
LibraryThing member peggyar
A coming of age story about a young girl searching for her missing father in order to save the family home from repossession.
LibraryThing member beckylynn
This book was excellent, I couldn't put it down. Woodrell has a certain kind of writing that makes you come back for more.
The storyline is pretty simple, but the characters are enthralling. I highly recommend this book.
The storyline is pretty simple, but the characters are enthralling. I highly recommend this book.
LibraryThing member aleahmarie
Winter's Bone was raw and tragic and I couldn't put it down. When I heard that a local author had written a book I was more put off than anything else. I mean *everyone* thinks they can write a book. But Daniel Woodrell is the real deal. One of the best books I've read in ages.
LibraryThing member HHS-Staff
Reviewed by Mr. Overeem (Language Arts)
Woodrell, who hails from West Plains, Missouri, writes "Ozarks crime fiction" that often features heroic adolescents struggling with adult roles that have been prematurely thrust upon them by the conditions of poverty. WINTER'S BONE is no exception; young Ree
Woodrell, who hails from West Plains, Missouri, writes "Ozarks crime fiction" that often features heroic adolescents struggling with adult roles that have been prematurely thrust upon them by the conditions of poverty. WINTER'S BONE is no exception; young Ree
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Dolly, raising her younger brothers and caring for her mentally ill mother, must find her father, who has jumped bail--or the family will lose their home. Against the backdrop of an ice storm, Ree traipses into isolated communities that operate according to their own stark, dangerous rules to try to pick up her dad's trail. Gripping stuff--and, of course, soon to come to the movie screen. If you like this, move on to the even better THE DEATH OF SWEET MISTER! Show Less
LibraryThing member eduscapes
The author's teenage heroine, Ree Dolly reveals threads of hope and strength of character while intimately displaying the sordid squalor and impoverished lives associated with a drug-wracked family that operates largely outside the law. The story's characters are raw, rough and often violent. Her
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father, a crystal meth cooker, has disappeared leaving Ree to care for a mentally ill mother and two younger brothers. She must fight and scramble to provide for their basic needs, while desperately trying to find a way out of forfeiting the family home and property to the bail bond company. Not a pretty story, but Woodrell's talent with dialogue, description, and character development makes for a beautiful tale embracing family loyalty and human perseverance. Quick, simple book assessment: days after reading, do you think about it, does it stay with you, do you talk about it? Answer is yes. (lj) Show Less
LibraryThing member f.bludevil
And I quote, "Daniel Woodrell is the real deal; one of the best books I've read in ages." from an earlier review.
Pretty much sum's it up for me as well.
Pretty much sum's it up for me as well.
LibraryThing member silenceiseverything
I first heard of Winter's Bone when I saw the trailer for the film on IMDB about six months ago. I found out it was a book and decided to read it, especially after I found out that no theater in my state was going to be showing the film. Apparently, many others in my town decided to do the same
The protagonist in Winter's Bone, Ree Dolly, is amazing. She's just a warrior. She sets out to find the whereabouts of her father when he's released on bond after putting their house up for collateral. With a missing father, two younger brothers, and a mentally-ill mother, Ree is determined to find out what happened to her father, putting her life in danger. I found it somewhat heartwarming, the lengths that Ree would go to to make sure her family isn't kicked out like a bunch of dogs. Whether you agree with her choices or not, you will end up respecting Ree Dolly for all she's doing.
Now the writing of Winter's Bone is beautiful. Yeah, the storyline of the book is depressing as hell, but the prose is lyrical and captivating. The imagery described in this novel makes you feel like you're right there in the Ozarks. It did take some getting used to for me at first, but at the end, I came to appreciate the writing and find it mesmerizing.
So, I thought Winter's Bone was a tremendous novel. While it was dark and depressing, it was also heartwarming in that this is a novel about one girl's quest for survival. Highly recommended.
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thing seeing as how all of the library copies were checked out for months. So, I finally read it, and while Winter's Bone wasn't necessarily enjoyable, it was a dark, gritty, and fascinating novel. The protagonist in Winter's Bone, Ree Dolly, is amazing. She's just a warrior. She sets out to find the whereabouts of her father when he's released on bond after putting their house up for collateral. With a missing father, two younger brothers, and a mentally-ill mother, Ree is determined to find out what happened to her father, putting her life in danger. I found it somewhat heartwarming, the lengths that Ree would go to to make sure her family isn't kicked out like a bunch of dogs. Whether you agree with her choices or not, you will end up respecting Ree Dolly for all she's doing.
Now the writing of Winter's Bone is beautiful. Yeah, the storyline of the book is depressing as hell, but the prose is lyrical and captivating. The imagery described in this novel makes you feel like you're right there in the Ozarks. It did take some getting used to for me at first, but at the end, I came to appreciate the writing and find it mesmerizing.
So, I thought Winter's Bone was a tremendous novel. While it was dark and depressing, it was also heartwarming in that this is a novel about one girl's quest for survival. Highly recommended.
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LibraryThing member ccayne
I read this because Castle Freeman, one of my favorite authors, considers him noteworthy. This is a pretty grim tale of a girl, Ree, trying to save what's left of her family under brutal circumstances. His writing, direct and spare, mirrors the grit of Ree. While at lunch today, I heard an
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LibraryThing member sdealfitzgerald
One of the finest books I've ever read, with a remarkable young woman as the savior of her family.
LibraryThing member mschweer432
I purchased this book after hearing about it on talk radio. They were discussing how they made the movie. I was drawn in by the story line. I ran right out to Borders, and purchased the book which I then added to the top of my to be read pile. The book is small, so I figured I would be able to read
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it in a couple of evenings. I was wrong. For some reason, I had a hard time sitting down and focusing on this book. At first, I had trouble with vernacular of the characters but after the first few pages, I was used to it. I loved Ree. I thought she was brave and strong and very smart. I found myself wishing that she could have been born in a different place so she would have more opportunities. I didn't think the story was far fetched and Daniel Woodrell did an excellent job describing the part of the Ozarks where Ree lived. I guess my problem was the actual story. In my opinion, is was sort of a non-story. There wasn't enough going on to keep me interested and the ending was a real let down. I don't want to spoil anything, but I feel like I only got half of the book. There are so many questions unanswered. Maybe that was the point and I am just not intelligent enough to understand. I don't really know. I didn't hate the book. It was good just for the location and the very distinct characters but I don't think I would read it again and I'm not even sure if I will keep the book. Show Less
LibraryThing member Laiane
Is this a difficult book to read? Most definitely. Grim, sometimes violent, with very little warmth (physically or psychologically). Is it worth reading? Is it a "good" book? "Most definitely" on that score as well. The descriptions of the Ozarks in winter -- and the language of Ree's interior
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monologues -- are nothing short of stunning. I sense that each word was carefully chosen, and to great effect. Show Less
LibraryThing member Unicycledad
Tragic and well done. Will watch the movie soon.
LibraryThing member Marlissa
I actually listened to the audible version of this book. This is my favorite book of the year -- a powerful tale of tribal America (Afghanistan has nothing on the clans of the Missouri backwoods!), strong and complex characters, all told with some of the most powerful writing I've had the pleasure
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to experience a long time. It looks like the film is going to be awesome too. Show Less
LibraryThing member madamepince
I read it. I liked the way the story was set up, liked the characters, especially the main character, but in the end, I don't understand the accolades. Maybe this time the movie's better.
LibraryThing member LiteraryFeline
I initially saw the movie trailer for Winter's Bone at Linus's Blanket, Nicole's blog, and became interested in both the book and the movie. It wasn't until I had the movie in hand (rented through Netflix) that I suddenly had the urge to read the book first--so off I went to download it on my
What drew me to Winter's Bone was the character of Ree, her determination and steadfastness to protect her family. Ree Dolly is only seventeen. Her father went off on one of his many trips and has yet to return. Ree learns that her father has a court hearing coming up and if he fails to appear, the family will lose their house. With a mother who is suffering from severe depression and unable to care for herself as well as two young siblings, Ree has taken on the role of parent in the home. It falls upon her to search for her father to try and save not only the family home, but the family as well.
She sets out to question her kin who are secretive by their very nature. Theirs is a life of crime, selling and manufacturing drugs being the family trade. Set in the Ozarks, during the winter months, the author captures the bleakness and poverty of the area, mixed in with its beauty. The people are hard and mistrusting. It's clear that they have something to hide.
While Woodrell's writing is descriptive, the actual dialogue and story somehow come across as raw and harsh. It has a noir quality to it. The movie itself sets that same tone--the muted music, the silence, and so much being said through expressions and body language. I was especially cognizant of the role the women played throughout the book and movie--all strong, many trapped in their situation.
The movie varies from the book in minor details. In the book, Ree has two younger brothers, however, in the movie, she has a brother and a sister. There were other differences, such as a lack of snow in the movie whereas it was a big part of the story in the book. The overall story remained the same. Jennifer Laurence who plays Ree in the movie had the same moxie as I envisioned in the book's character and John Hawkes was well cast as Teardrop, Ree's uncle, at once threatening while also being compassionate.
This is one of those books and movies that leaves you sitting for a few minutes after all is said and done to reflect on the story and the characters. It is very much a story about survival, family and human nature.
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trusty little nook.What drew me to Winter's Bone was the character of Ree, her determination and steadfastness to protect her family. Ree Dolly is only seventeen. Her father went off on one of his many trips and has yet to return. Ree learns that her father has a court hearing coming up and if he fails to appear, the family will lose their house. With a mother who is suffering from severe depression and unable to care for herself as well as two young siblings, Ree has taken on the role of parent in the home. It falls upon her to search for her father to try and save not only the family home, but the family as well.
She sets out to question her kin who are secretive by their very nature. Theirs is a life of crime, selling and manufacturing drugs being the family trade. Set in the Ozarks, during the winter months, the author captures the bleakness and poverty of the area, mixed in with its beauty. The people are hard and mistrusting. It's clear that they have something to hide.
While Woodrell's writing is descriptive, the actual dialogue and story somehow come across as raw and harsh. It has a noir quality to it. The movie itself sets that same tone--the muted music, the silence, and so much being said through expressions and body language. I was especially cognizant of the role the women played throughout the book and movie--all strong, many trapped in their situation.
The movie varies from the book in minor details. In the book, Ree has two younger brothers, however, in the movie, she has a brother and a sister. There were other differences, such as a lack of snow in the movie whereas it was a big part of the story in the book. The overall story remained the same. Jennifer Laurence who plays Ree in the movie had the same moxie as I envisioned in the book's character and John Hawkes was well cast as Teardrop, Ree's uncle, at once threatening while also being compassionate.
This is one of those books and movies that leaves you sitting for a few minutes after all is said and done to reflect on the story and the characters. It is very much a story about survival, family and human nature.
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Subjects
Awards
Audie Award (Finalist — Fiction — 2011)
LA Times Book Prize (Finalist — Fiction — 2006)
Mystère de la critique (2008)
Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Books (Fiction — 2006)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2007)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2006
Physical description
208 p.; 5.75 inches
ISBN
031605755X / 9780316057554
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