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The Bright Lands
by John Fram
Bentley is your stereotypical Texas Football town. When heir star quarterback Dylan goes missing though, everyone is a suspect. Well…to some at least. The cops have focused in on one person that is unlikely the actual murderer. Dylan’s older brother Joel has some truly awful memories of growing up in Bentley after being outed in a truly horrific way, but he is determined to find out what happened to his brother.
I wanted to love this one so badly. I know many people that adored this book, and I wanted to be one of them! However, I have come to realization recently that I need to search and find out if a book is character driven before I dive in. Character driven novels NOT for me. I gave this one 75%. I wanted to be dragged in but I found myself not wanting to pick it up, and when I did immediately getting sleepy. If you enjoy character driven novels, I highly recommend this one. If you don’t, I’d avoid. A lot of people compared this to Friday Night Lights but really the only FNL vibes I got was that it was a football town in Texas.
I wanted to love this one so badly. I know many people that adored this book, and I wanted to be one of them! However, I have come to realization recently that I need to search and find out if a book is character driven before I dive in. Character driven novels NOT for me. I gave this one 75%. I wanted to be dragged in but I found myself not wanting to pick it up, and when I did immediately getting sleepy. If you enjoy character driven novels, I highly recommend this one. If you don’t, I’d avoid. A lot of people compared this to Friday Night Lights but really the only FNL vibes I got was that it was a football town in Texas.