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Amazon link: Daybreak
Author: Matt Gallagher (Twitter: @MattGallagher0)
Website: mattgallagherwriter.com
Thumbnail sketch: Exceptional, nuanced fiction grounded in reality from an author hitting his stride. Still thinking about it four days later.
5 Stars
My take on Daybreak
I finished this beautiful novel four days ago, and have been thinking about it constantly since. I haven’t written a substantial review in more than four months (‘substantial’ = more than the minimum 20 words my Kindle says is necessary to post to the mother-site & Goodreads), but knew I wanted to say something about Daybreak, Matt Gallagher’s third novel.
Full disclosure: I’ve attended two of the Words After War writing workshops co-hosted by Mr. Gallagher, even though I haven’t written a lick of fiction in … well … years (sooo many years). The workshop sessions were a outstanding opportunity to read some excellent writing excerpts and engage in thought-provoking discussions with a variety of folks, some veterans, some not.
Fuller disclosure: I read and greatly enjoyed Mr. Gallagher’s second novel, Empire City (my review).