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3.33 AVERAGE
3.33 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Since Goodreads doesn’t do point or half star ratings, I’ll say A Light most Hateful is a 2.25.
I was so close to DNF this book especially in the first hundred pages because No-Thing was Happening!
The book more or less begins with painting a picture of this community of Chapel Hill and our lead, Olivia she’s unsatisfied with living here and she’s wants to leave (I can definitely relate to this dilemma) she just goes to her job at the drive inn and after a while of character interactions including a character named Christmas , All Hell breaks loose!
After this turn of events Is when the book really gets its momentum going. As it progresses it gets weirder and more abstract.
Now while I couldn’t really vibe with the pacing of this book, some of the visual descriptions of what obstacles these characters come across are so creatively done and it gets more creative because it all has to do with a individuals..ideas and thought perception on things that she manifest into monsters or something’s to protect her because she sees herself as GOD.
This book also has really heavy emphasis on Creation..but it’s not preachy about it
There’s a realization that some of these characters may not have not lived past lives, but are something of a visualized concept from someone.
I’m being Vague on purpose because if you can handle a very Slow start, this book has some interesting ideas. It didn’t all work for me but I’m glad I stuck it out till the end to find Some good stuff here
I was so close to DNF this book especially in the first hundred pages because No-Thing was Happening!
The book more or less begins with painting a picture of this community of Chapel Hill and our lead, Olivia she’s unsatisfied with living here and she’s wants to leave (I can definitely relate to this dilemma) she just goes to her job at the drive inn and after a while of character interactions including a character named Christmas , All Hell breaks loose!
After this turn of events Is when the book really gets its momentum going. As it progresses it gets weirder and more abstract.
Now while I couldn’t really vibe with the pacing of this book, some of the visual descriptions of what obstacles these characters come across are so creatively done and it gets more creative because it all has to do with a individuals..ideas and thought perception on things that she manifest into monsters or something’s to protect her because she sees herself as GOD.
This book also has really heavy emphasis on Creation..but it’s not preachy about it
There’s a realization that some of these characters may not have not lived past lives, but are something of a visualized concept from someone.
I’m being Vague on purpose because if you can handle a very Slow start, this book has some interesting ideas. It didn’t all work for me but I’m glad I stuck it out till the end to find Some good stuff here
DNF at 40%
The characters are opaque and the scares are pretty silly. Next…
The characters are opaque and the scares are pretty silly. Next…
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Hailey Piper is a very ambitious writer. While her words don’t always resonate with me or paint a clear picture in my head (I chalk this up to my shortcomings and not hers) I do enjoy reading her work. It’s the clarity that is lacking for me here so I’m giving this lower marks than I otherwise would based off of my inadequacies.
Not terrible, not stunning. Came off heavy-handed and, at times, less exposition would've been better. I don't understand why Christmas was created. They don't serve a clear purpose to Sunflower. I'm also confused about what happened with the essentially faceless boyfriend, Roy. It does come across like a dream, in that the horror elements do not feel cohesive.
I think this book would have been more effective with shorter, less frequent periods of introspection from our protagonist. These often led us in the wrong direction about what was happening while throwing in anxious attempts at philosophizing that were too frequent and lengthy to help the narrative.
2.5 rounded up for Christmas, who didn't really make sense but did make me smile.
I think this book would have been more effective with shorter, less frequent periods of introspection from our protagonist. These often led us in the wrong direction about what was happening while throwing in anxious attempts at philosophizing that were too frequent and lengthy to help the narrative.
2.5 rounded up for Christmas, who didn't really make sense but did make me smile.
One I was unable to finish. Full of unengaging characters and written by an author obsessed with the geography of the town. Every page seemed to reference the towns name at least twice which was just tedious. If you removed all the street & place names, which were overly used imo, you would be left with a fairly OK short atory
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I hate giving low ratings cause a lot of times the story just isn’t for me. Clearly a lot of people enjoyed this book but it was a struggle not to DNF. The story felt like she had five good ideas and mashed them together to make one.
The characters were very one dimensional and clung to their single defining trait.
Cut all the random street names and directions and give me more of the beginning. The opening chapter was the best one. Once the action started it was just “walk north on chapel then take a left on temple..” for 20 more chapters.
If you read this and loved it; that’s great! I’m happy you enjoyed this. If you’re thinking about reading it check out Nothing But The Rain and then watch WandaVision.
The characters were very one dimensional and clung to their single defining trait.
Cut all the random street names and directions and give me more of the beginning. The opening chapter was the best one. Once the action started it was just “walk north on chapel then take a left on temple..” for 20 more chapters.
If you read this and loved it; that’s great! I’m happy you enjoyed this. If you’re thinking about reading it check out Nothing But The Rain and then watch WandaVision.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was so strong for the first 40%, then dragged just a little and eventually kinda got repetitive and confusing? Idk. I liked pieces of the end but it fell off in general. Still excited to read more from this author, this story just got messy
Boy, this was hard to get through. The twists were pretty predictable. The characters felt very flat. The writing was confusing at times, so I’d have to go back and reread passages to make sure I understood what was happening. I’m still pretty confused about what the moon has to do with anything.