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We Can Never Leave by H.E. Edgmon
4.5
challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Surreal, heart-wringing, and suspenseful, We Can Never Leave is Edgmon at their most stylistically subversive and character-driven. In Edgmon's usual fashion, the prose is evocative, and the complex characters work to move through their confusing and occasionally horrific circumstances with a lot of anger and a lot of compassion.

If you're looking for a character-driven YA with suspenseful surreality, multiple POVs, fractured perspectives, and a (literally) visceral exploration of religious trauma— this may be THE book for you. It certainly was for me.