A review by dckathleen
Lone Women by Victor LaValle

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The main character leaves her home in CA and moves to a remote town in Montana where land is being given to homesteaders. It's a hard life, but she needs to live in seclusion because she carries with her a mysterious trunk, and she can't stay in California. 

This is an suspenseful story about women on the frontier, but with a supernatural element. It's about the demons we can't leave behind and what we can do to tame them.