anngdaniels 's review for:

The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon

5.0

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I'm fascinated by books about people searching for faith, and I thought The Incendiaries was a beautiful portrayal of the psychological: the lost, empty feeling where faith used to be, and the ecstasy of finding something that gives meaning even if others see only destruction. I agree with some critics that the writing was at times cliched or over the top, but I didn't mind because the characters and their journeys, toward and away from faith, community, creativity, and healing both physical and spiritual, felt so real and so right. Highly recommended.