W. Lamb - The First Hour I Believed

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So I finished another book - Wally Lamb's The First Hour I believed. The story revolved around Caelum, a high school English teacher bored and unhappy in his life and relationship. He harbors resentment towards his wife Maureen (a nurse at the same high school) for her extramarital affair.

As the story progresses Caelum must deal with the death of a beloved Aunt and ultimately the Columbine tragedy. Unsure as he travels back to Colorado as to whether his wife is dead or alive after the shooting. The rest of the book becomes about post traumatic stress, coping, addiction, and loss. Ultimately he moves back to his family's farm in Connecticut where Caelum Quirk begins to discover his family's history.

My opinion - not as good as my previous read authored by Lamb I Know This Much Is True. I wasn't too interested in reading fiction about Columbine. Maybe it was too reminiscent of 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult (which is just a spin off of Columbine - the ending of the book isn't true to the Columbine story). Anyway...Columbine is the turning point for the main characters of the story but at this point I wasn't as interested in the story as I had been, but feel free to make up your own mind about :)

I'd give this one 2 1/2 stars. Needless to say I'll still read Lamb books - I've added his She's Come Undone to my list of books in waiting. For now I'll move on to The Sweet By and By....