Crawfish Mountain

This tale of wetlands preservationists and Big Oil duking it out in the Louisiana bayous was very well written. The message was clear, but not preachy, and the story was very entertaining. The 'Guv' , and Julie were my favorite love story in the book , though there were several - and the warm ties o......more

The political struggle between the oil company and the environmental impacts of planned work was very interesting to me. I also enjoyed the descriptions of the bayous and marshes, and the information about how their degradation impacts farther inland. The characters were very believable, and Wells d......more

Loved this author's previous work but this one seemed like his fresh ideas were running low. It's a decent novel, but it lacked the spark of his other books.......more

After finishing this book I did a little research on Ken Wells and just as I thought, the fictional "Black Bayou" community is patterned on my home town of Houma. The French names such at Petrie were, of course, familiar as they are all over the Cajun Bayou, but when the author mentioned "Ellinder"......more

The story of the little guy vs. the big guy is told here, with details about the bayou country, money movement between deep pockets, big oil, lying, cheating, stealing, fishing, and surprisingly tender romances. It's a classic story, told with just enough outrage to let the reader know that, while t......more