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Lonesome Lies Before Us by Don Lee
4.0
This book's been pretty well hyped, and I really liked The Collective, but I doubt the plot as described would have made me snap it up so fast if it hadn't been about my favorite genre of music. There are alt-country lyrics and homages and references everywhere and probably a decent number of them sailed right over my head but whatever, it was very cool to see.
What makes it a good book regardless is how well Lee knows his characters and their backstories, how he turns the story of a couple months of their lives into the story of how they got there, and gives them a perfectly suited ending. He's obviously done his research on the whats and wheres of the story but dang, he knows his people, and clearly cares for them even when he's putting them through hell.
(Now I wish I could read Mallory's perspective on the story, not filtered through either main character - what were her intentions exactly?)
What makes it a good book regardless is how well Lee knows his characters and their backstories, how he turns the story of a couple months of their lives into the story of how they got there, and gives them a perfectly suited ending. He's obviously done his research on the whats and wheres of the story but dang, he knows his people, and clearly cares for them even when he's putting them through hell.
(Now I wish I could read Mallory's perspective on the story, not filtered through either main character - what were her intentions exactly?)