The Poacher's Son, by Paul Doiron

The Poacher's Son was good but not great.  It had good structure, characters and concept.  The writing style was well done and the scene construction was fine.  Perhaps what kept it from being great for me was the theme.  The book didn't add up to much except for the son realizing his father was a scum bag.  The main character made lots of poor choices in the book based on his belief that his father was a good man despite many bad traits.  His confidence in his father was misplaced in the end, but then all of his bad decisions didn't have any big repercussions which made the plot lose a lot of impact for me.

Overall, I liked this book and I'm glad I read it.  But as happens often when I read a book that doesn't quite make it to greatness, I like to try to figure out why.