The Black Snow: A Novel Hardcover – May 12, 2015

Beautifully written book. It is a slow read and not at all uplifting but you learn so much about a different way of life. The characters live very much off the land and are directly impacted by all negatives in the environment; they are very complex characters.I recommend this book.

Very well written -- which helped, because the basic story is pretty bleak.

Beautiful writing but very bleak..

This is one that will leave you thinking. Well rounded characters that you get to know intimately, especially if you have siblings. It's a well written story,chilling and brutal and also so human and touching. I would recommend this to anyone who needs some enlightened reading.

Hardship, helplessness, love and tragedy, - all felt in the gut. The language and dialect are portraits of Donegal countryside, as are the strangeness of human misunderstandings. As written, Barnabas did all he knew how to do.

Not my cup of tea

One of the best books I've read in years. Beautiful prose and brilliant storytelling.

Fantastic read for anyone into Cormac McCarthy, or James Joyce. Black Snow is a perfect marriage of southern gothic and Irish styles of literature.

A worthy successor to Thomas Hardy. If you search for answers, you shall not find them here but if you want to explore the darker sides of human existence, this is your book!

Liked it a lot - sad but powerful storyline.

This was impossible to put down. So truly Irish, so poetic, so sad and incredibly moving. I commend it wholeheartedly.

I loved Lynch's first book, but The Black Snow was slow going and I decided not to finish it (after about a quarter of the way through). I quickly found the style mannered and slow. The subject matter itself is very compelling, as with the last book. He has an eye and ear for the darkness in everyday life. But I found myself restarting over and over again, feeling held back by the style.I liked Red Sky enough that I really regret not liking this one.

Paul Lynch est lancé sur une belle carrière de romancier de qualité. Comme pour son premier roman, Red Sky in Morning, le livre est fort, dur, voire brutal, laissant peu ou pas d'espoir. Il est superbement écrit. Je n'irais pas jusqu'à dire que "j'adore", mais j'ai beaucoup aimé de roman.