The Right Kind of Fool by Sarah Loudin Thomas Review

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The Right Kind of Fool by Sarah Loudin Thomas:

Source: Library

Publisher: Bethany House

Publication Date: November 3rd, 2020

Genre: Christian Fiction/Historical Fiction

Synopsis:

Thirteen-year-old Loyal Raines is supposed to stay close to home on a hot summer day in 1934. When he slips away for a quick swim in the river and finds a dead body, he wishes he'd obeyed his mother. The ripples caused by his discovery will impact the town of Beverly, West Virginia, in ways no one could have imagined.

The first person those ripples disturb is Loyal's absentee father. When Creed Raines realized his infant son was deaf, he headed for the hills, returning only to help meet his family's basic needs. But when Loyal, now a young teen, stumbles upon a murder it's his father he runs to tell--shaping the words with his hands. As Creed is pulled into the investigation he discovers that what sets his son apart isn't his inability to hear but rather his courage. Longing to reclaim the life he abandoned, Creed will have to do more than help solve a murder if he wants to win his family's hearts again.

(synopsis from goodreads)

My Review:

I have to be honest that I was expecting something completely different from Sarah Loudin Thomas' The Right Kind of Fool. I didn't read any reviews before picking this one up, so my expectations were solely based on the premise. I was hoping this was going to be more of a murder mystery set in 1930's Virginia, but in actuality it was much more of a coming of age story than anything else.

The family dynamic is well set up, and it was an original plot point that the thirteen year old main character, Loyal, was hearing impaired. It gives you something to think about; what it would have been like for someone in those times having to communicate through ASL when it was much less known than it is now.

It was wonderful to read about Loyal helping his family come together again, and watching him be able to stand on his own two legs in the process. However, I personally found this one dragged quite a bit, and it ended up feeling way longer than it needed to be. There's quite a bit of information dumping that happens throughout, and I had a hard time wanting to stay focused on the story amidst that.

Overall, it was still a pretty good book, but not at all what I was expecting, and I found the mystery element to be an immense letdown. I'm glad I read it, but it's most likely one that I would never reread in the future.

Final Rating: 3/5.

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