Natchez Burning is unlike most thrillers in its length and the fact that it will remind some of classic literary fiction. What other books would you compare it to?
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Created: 09/23/15
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Personally, I hate book comparisons as they always seem to set me up for disappointment. I agree with others, that NATCHEZ BURNING is incomparable. Parts of the book remind me of other authors and books, but the overall tone and scope of NATCHEZ BURNING is like nothing I've ever read.
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Hard to compare it to anything as far as the content. As far as keeping me interested it was like Pillars of the Earth. I just had to keep reading to see what would happen. My parents moved to Mississippi in 1963 and I was raised there (though not in Natchez) and it was interesting to see what was going on in the state at that time. In some ways it was a frightening place to move to but we never saw any problems that I remember and I still consider it my home town since I was only 6 when we moved there and do not remember my first home. This is a thrilling, fast paced read and one I would recommend to anyone who likes good murder mysteries.
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It is in a class of it's own. Being both a historic novel and a murder mystery, it combines elements that aren't in other fictions. Although containing a lot of characters in a lengthy book, it is still easy to follow. It was well researched.
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As others have said, I find it difficult to make a comparison as well. For me, NATCHEZ BURNING is as much historical fiction as a thriller or mystery. It portrays a chapter of the United States' history that is far from over. Theme-wise,having recently finished GO SET A WATCHMAN, I see a slight basis of comparison. Recalling the film MISSISSIPPI BURNING, based on the fact of some of the events used in this book, I can see obvious similarities.
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I thought it was very "John Grishammy" specifically in relation to modern day protagonists dealing with civil rights era hate crimes. I also thought it struck that similar chord of affection for the South - both Iles and Grisham are southerners. They are excellent story tellers, fleshing out even their most despicable characters. It wasn't as attorney-based (interesting as Penn is a lawyer but that seemed far less of a motivation for him than being a son) as most Grishams, but it WAS a page turner, and I will be reading the subsequent novels in the trilogy.
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As I scrolled down to type my reply, I saw that someone else had mentioned A TIME TO KILL. Despite the passage of all the years since the assassination of John F Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, it still was unsettling to have characters in a book joking about killing these political leaders.
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