A review by ardinareads
The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon

dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I initially gave this book 3.25 stars but reread the last forty pages and changed it to 4. There’s a lot I don’t understand.
How do you judge Will’s character? He starts off innocent and safe and changes into someone unrecognizable. Obsessed with Phoebe, he becomes coercive, controlling, ultimately raping her. While there is clearly self-loathing happening, he doesn’t seem particularly remorseful. I think he’s an untrustworthy narrator. His perspective is the most represented so it makes the many questions this books ends with even more mysterious. What actually happened? Is Phoebe alive or is that a part of Will’s delusion?
 

R.O. Kwon is a phenomenal writer. 
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