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Into This River I Drown
by TJ Klune
Let me start by saying this.. This is nothing like what I thought would ever come from a man like TJ Klune. To what I understand, TJ is not a religious man but this... THIS is a religious book.
“I asked you if she was happy, and you implied by deflection that she was. If she is happy, who are you to say she’s not how God wanted her to be?”
“She doesn’t know any better!”
“And how can you? Do you think you know better than she? Than God? That is a sin, to presume the will of my Father. For all you know, she’s exactly the person she is meant to be”
This book made me feel so tired, it felt like I have been reading this book for months, like I have been next to Benji for a really long time... How has it only been 3 days? This book took a lot from me emotionally.
I can't even begin to tell you about the characters or the twists or even what really happen. It definitely took some turns I did not expect, though I was not surprised by them. I mentioned before that this didn't seem like the usual Klune book, I can't really see if its because of the parts I liked or because of the parts that I didn't.
Because there were a few I didn't like - the plot moved at a snail's pace, most of the side characters didn't really stand out like they usually do in his newer books. Even his written style was different. At times it felt like he wrote this book more so for himself than for me or you. It felt incredibly intimate and personal.
But the parts that I did like? Oh, how they took my breath away.
Maybe this review won't make any sense to you, but it will be a reminder to me and how this book made me feel. This is not one I will soon forget.
"Sometimes I float along the river,
For to its surface I am bound.
And sometimes stones done fill my pockets, oh Lord,
And it’s into this river I drown."
“I asked you if she was happy, and you implied by deflection that she was. If she is happy, who are you to say she’s not how God wanted her to be?”
“She doesn’t know any better!”
“And how can you? Do you think you know better than she? Than God? That is a sin, to presume the will of my Father. For all you know, she’s exactly the person she is meant to be”
This book made me feel so tired, it felt like I have been reading this book for months, like I have been next to Benji for a really long time... How has it only been 3 days? This book took a lot from me emotionally.
I can't even begin to tell you about the characters or the twists or even what really happen. It definitely took some turns I did not expect, though I was not surprised by them. I mentioned before that this didn't seem like the usual Klune book, I can't really see if its because of the parts I liked or because of the parts that I didn't.
Because there were a few I didn't like - the plot moved at a snail's pace, most of the side characters didn't really stand out like they usually do in his newer books. Even his written style was different. At times it felt like he wrote this book more so for himself than for me or you. It felt incredibly intimate and personal.
But the parts that I did like? Oh, how they took my breath away.
Maybe this review won't make any sense to you, but it will be a reminder to me and how this book made me feel. This is not one I will soon forget.
"Sometimes I float along the river,
For to its surface I am bound.
And sometimes stones done fill my pockets, oh Lord,
And it’s into this river I drown."