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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
Raised in isolation in a remote Montana cabin, Jane grows up steeped in her father’s utopian ideals— until a violent act shatters everything she thought she knew.
WHAT KIND OF PARADISE is the kind of slow-burn, morally tangled literary mystery I love in the summer: tense, interior, propulsive. Set against the birth of the internet age, Jane’s journey probes what happens when inherited beliefs collide with a world newly shaped by technology and fertile for online extremism.
For fans of WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy and MIRACLE CREEK by Angie Kim, Janelle Brown delivers a prescient story as emotionally resonant as it is suspenseful—one that asks what we carry from the past, what we choose to reject, and who we become when the ground beneath us shifts.
WHAT KIND OF PARADISE is the kind of slow-burn, morally tangled literary mystery I love in the summer: tense, interior, propulsive. Set against the birth of the internet age, Jane’s journey probes what happens when inherited beliefs collide with a world newly shaped by technology and fertile for online extremism.
For fans of WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy and MIRACLE CREEK by Angie Kim, Janelle Brown delivers a prescient story as emotionally resonant as it is suspenseful—one that asks what we carry from the past, what we choose to reject, and who we become when the ground beneath us shifts.
challenging
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I devoured this book in about 24 hours. I was completely captivated by this tale of a teenage girl raised in isolation in Montana by her anti-technology father in the early age of the Internet. This book excelled at bringing you into the struggles the narrator felt experiencing the real world and technology while also trying to rationalize her upbringing with her father, whom she loved. Incredible, fresh tale.
Theres a lot that I liked about this book - but the ending just kind of fizzled out.