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A review by megansmith
Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was interesting! I was pulled in by the premise and the follow through definitely didn't disappoint - this fit well in the genre of workplace trauma, just packaged in an entirely new premise. I appreciated the new concept and I was really intrigued to know where McGee was taking this novel. The writing was also great - I found myself skipping sentences, tied up in the dialogue, and then having to backtrack so I could catch the descriptive writing around the dialogue.
My only two gripes with this would be - 1) I feel like i missed parts of this book because Jonathan in this case is introduced as someone that's pretty dim-witted and is clearly an unreliable narrator. That's fine, however I feel like there were a lot of key moments where I was supposed to be picking something really terrifying up and just totally missed the point of it. Which leads me to, 2) for how much it's hammered in that Jonathan does not make it to the end of the book (NOT A SPOILER, it's literally on the first page), I wish the third person narrator came in more than they did! I think it could've helped with gripe #1 that I have.
Otherwise, I did enjoy this. It's maybe not my TOP top favorite just because it's so bleak - I read a lot of bleak books but this was a new low for me, I won't lie. But it's also so good and worth the read.
My only two gripes with this would be - 1) I feel like i missed parts of this book because Jonathan in this case is introduced as someone that's pretty dim-witted and is clearly an unreliable narrator. That's fine, however I feel like there were a lot of key moments where I was supposed to be picking something really terrifying up and just totally missed the point of it. Which leads me to, 2) for how much it's hammered in that Jonathan does not make it to the end of the book (NOT A SPOILER, it's literally on the first page), I wish the third person narrator came in more than they did! I think it could've helped with gripe #1 that I have.
Otherwise, I did enjoy this. It's maybe not my TOP top favorite just because it's so bleak - I read a lot of bleak books but this was a new low for me, I won't lie. But it's also so good and worth the read.