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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
It took me a month to finish reading this book. It's not short, and it's emotionally weighty, and Christian theology often annoys me. That it's earned four stars from me anyway is saying a lot. I'm not going to try to spell it all out. I will say that you may abandon the book due to some repetition, or because it is just too heavy for you at that time, but it won't be because the thing is shallow. It's deep enough to drown in. Watch your step (pace yourself if it's too intense). That's what I did.
DNF 34%
Here’s the thing I expected this to become an instant favorite i had so many hopes and expectations.
The book has so many potentials , had several small interesting gems other than that nothing special.
I just think the author could have taken this in a different direction making it more hunting, dark and maybe dropping out the descriptive cringe worthy sex scenes and romance.
The book was unnecessary long adding to the fact i kept putting it down from the amount of dull, slow, long and boring passages it would have been impossible to finish.
It was not for me it might be to other people who absolutely loved and gave high ratings(which was a motive to carry on with the story)
But i would like to give the author a second chance in other books.
Ps: “There seems to be so much more skin than I’m used to and I have to keep from hyperventilating at the thought of angelic circumcisions.”
Thats an actual line from the book...i am done
Here’s the thing I expected this to become an instant favorite i had so many hopes and expectations.
The book has so many potentials , had several small interesting gems other than that nothing special.
I just think the author could have taken this in a different direction making it more hunting, dark and maybe dropping out the descriptive cringe worthy sex scenes and romance.
The book was unnecessary long adding to the fact i kept putting it down from the amount of dull, slow, long and boring passages it would have been impossible to finish.
It was not for me it might be to other people who absolutely loved and gave high ratings(which was a motive to carry on with the story)
But i would like to give the author a second chance in other books.
Ps: “There seems to be so much more skin than I’m used to and I have to keep from hyperventilating at the thought of angelic circumcisions.”
Thats an actual line from the book...i am done
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
*Briefly wanted to mention that this book features Down Syndrome representation! It is so great to see this more normalized in literature, and so I thought it worth stating here.*
Into This River I Drown is a beautiful book that explores the undying love between a father and his son.
Five years ago in a small town called Rosedale, Edward Green’s truck ran into the river and he drowned with it. Now, even five years after the tragic accident, Edward’s son Benji struggles to cope with the loss. He’s taken over his father’s convenience store, and is convinced that Edward’s death wasn’t an accident. With reoccuring visions of the river and his father’s death, Benji is beginning to view the world differently. This all begins to make sense when a winged man falls from the sky…
Somehow, T.J Klune nails every story he puts a pen to. His descriptiveness and overall writing style never fails to blow me away. As expected, I was completely in love with both of our protagonists Benji and Cal.
The thing that touched my heart the most with this book was the incredible way family and friendship was explored. It warmed me to see Benji bond with those closest to him over the loss of a beloved figure in their lives. Not to mention Benji’s undying love for his father, a love that never dies despite him being long gone.
Angels playing a major role in this story was something I couldn't get enough of. T.J Klune creatively draws parallels from the literal world to the spiritual one through Benji’s encounter with a lovely fallen angel.
Yet another Incredible book from Klune.
Into This River I Drown is a beautiful book that explores the undying love between a father and his son.
“Sometimes I float along the river
For its surface I am bound
And there are times stones done fill my pockets
And it's into this river I drown”
Five years ago in a small town called Rosedale, Edward Green’s truck ran into the river and he drowned with it. Now, even five years after the tragic accident, Edward’s son Benji struggles to cope with the loss. He’s taken over his father’s convenience store, and is convinced that Edward’s death wasn’t an accident. With reoccuring visions of the river and his father’s death, Benji is beginning to view the world differently. This all begins to make sense when a winged man falls from the sky…
Somehow, T.J Klune nails every story he puts a pen to. His descriptiveness and overall writing style never fails to blow me away. As expected, I was completely in love with both of our protagonists Benji and Cal.
The thing that touched my heart the most with this book was the incredible way family and friendship was explored. It warmed me to see Benji bond with those closest to him over the loss of a beloved figure in their lives. Not to mention Benji’s undying love for his father, a love that never dies despite him being long gone.
Angels playing a major role in this story was something I couldn't get enough of. T.J Klune creatively draws parallels from the literal world to the spiritual one through Benji’s encounter with a lovely fallen angel.
Yet another Incredible book from Klune.
Into my tears I drown. Honestly.
This book had me crying in every single chapter. This is a book about grief and about faith, about depression and love. Which are hard topics to get into, specially if you're deep into one and trying to get out of it.
The grief is so _palpable_ in the book. I'm lucky enough that I haven't felt that kind of grief ever, at least not to a loved one. But that grief is also a not so subtle metaphor for depression in general because I could relate so bad. I could have finished the book in one sitting but I had to take breaks, when things got too close, when I felt drowning in my own. Sometimes the book seemed endless because of this.
Don't get me wrong. I loved the book. It's splendid.
The bonds of the people are one of my favorite parts, how it just takes kindness to help someone in trouble. That company, even in silence is good company. That you're never truly alone, no matter how you feel like it is that way. The way people have each others back, that people do wish for other people happiness.
Abe was my favorite of them all. Nina a second. Benji was amazing and adorable. I do wish that Calliel had a little more of personality in him than what was shown. By the time Michael had shown up I was a more invested in him than in Cal and then even more in the side stories: the Avatar-ish world, Seven, the War.
This book had me crying in every single chapter. This is a book about grief and about faith, about depression and love. Which are hard topics to get into, specially if you're deep into one and trying to get out of it.
The grief is so _palpable_ in the book. I'm lucky enough that I haven't felt that kind of grief ever, at least not to a loved one. But that grief is also a not so subtle metaphor for depression in general because I could relate so bad. I could have finished the book in one sitting but I had to take breaks, when things got too close, when I felt drowning in my own. Sometimes the book seemed endless because of this.
Don't get me wrong. I loved the book. It's splendid.
The bonds of the people are one of my favorite parts, how it just takes kindness to help someone in trouble. That company, even in silence is good company. That you're never truly alone, no matter how you feel like it is that way. The way people have each others back, that people do wish for other people happiness.
Abe was my favorite of them all. Nina a second. Benji was amazing and adorable. I do wish that Calliel had a little more of personality in him than what was shown. By the time Michael had shown up I was a more invested in him than in Cal and then even more in the side stories: the Avatar-ish world, Seven, the War.
"And if anyone ever thinks me brave and strong, if I ever stand again for what's true, it'll be because of you. It'll be because you are my father, and I will always be my father's son."
I have no idea how to review this in a way that will do it justice. This book is incredibly hard to explain, it's something you have to read and experience for yourself to understand.
This is a book all about grief, pain, loss and anger. It's about the different stages a person goes through when they lose someone they love. However, more than anything this is a book all about love. It's about the bond between a father and a son, and the unbreakable love that is shared between the two. This is a very quiet novel. For about the first 70% of this book, very little happens. It's not an action packed adventure, it's an emotionally charged slow-burning story. It is an incredibly touching and beautiful read that had me sobbing uncontrollably. I've cried lots at books before, I can't help it i'm a big crier, but I have never felt such a strong emotional connection to a book before as I did to this one.
I'm a huge fan of T.J Klune, but this is completely unlike anything i've ever read by him before. This novel is just utterly astounding, it totally blew me away. This is one that I don't think i'll ever be able to forget.