👶👶👶👶: The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles

I went into this overhyped novel with few expectations, knowing full well that the higher the anticipation, the greater the disappointment. Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised and really ended up enjoying this novel more so than A Gentleman in Moscow.

This novel, which takes place over a period of ten days, was certainly adventure-filled! I truly enjoyed reading Towles' admiring shoutouts to the various American landmarks and I absolutely fell in love with the characters who were really well fleshed out. Wooly was by far my favorite, showing the sweet characteristics of a child, with surprising wisdom and insight. The plot moves along at a steady clip thanks to young Billy's love for books and his plan to reunite with his mother, which partially spurs the journey to begin with. Mr. Towles also makes reference to various social and racial inequalities of the time that sadly still exist today. I must admit, he is a very thoughtful writer in this respect, including many different types of people in his stories.

I must point out that this novel was reminiscent of This Tender Land (which was a 5-star for me) with mostly older characters.