One Simple Thing

Warren has done it again!! And not just because he's a friend. Dark, brooding, gritty and disturbing. Sucks you right in! So descriptive...I can see and smell every scene! Loved it!......more

Yes, I blurbed this book. But also, I watched this story emerge, evolve, and become the powerful thing it is. I loved it then and now. --- In Warren Read’s stories, setting is a character, stealthy, lush, and full of hidden depths. The very air has texture, holding the characters tight as their small......more

In One Simple Thing, twelve-year-old Rodney Culver becomes an accidental accomplice to his mother's new boyfriend, Otis, after he has been able to charm himself into her world after Rodney's father calls it quits and leaves town. Soon, things go wrong because the degenerate Otis is more doofus than a......more

Loved this hard, hard story filled with mystery and longing. Warren Read introduces readers to a collection of broken but mostly sympathetic characters brought to life with gorgeous prose. In fact the writing is so lovely, the words feel as if they should have the power to paint a new and hopeful re......more

I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I did the author’s first book although they had a similar theme of a young boy pulled into the evil world of the adults around him. It was okay and kept my interest.......more