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froganddogread 's review for:
Lay Your Body Down
by Amy Suiter Clarke
If you grew up in evangelical/ fundamentalist Christianity or are deconstructing your religious beliefs currently I think this book is very relatable. I’d also recommend it for anyone interested in cults. The book sheds light on ways religion is used to cover up abuse.
I liked the characters but at times it felt kinda pathetic and a stretch that Del was still not over her college boyfriend six years later. Obviously the death would be sad to her no matter what but there were several times especially towards the end of the book after she’s come so far she’ll make some snarky comment about Lars being “stolen” from her. Like, cmon girl…
I thought it was pretty predictable who the real bad guys were. There were still some good reveals though. The author did a good job of sending you down a fake path and it felt exciting to find the real explanations.
The ending was fine and satisfying enough but I thought it was pretty uncharacteristic of the Del we get to know.
I liked the characters but at times it felt kinda pathetic and a stretch that Del was still not over her college boyfriend six years later. Obviously the death would be sad to her no matter what but there were several times especially towards the end of the book after she’s come so far she’ll make some snarky comment about Lars being “stolen” from her. Like, cmon girl…
I thought it was pretty predictable who the real bad guys were. There were still some good reveals though. The author did a good job of sending you down a fake path and it felt exciting to find the real explanations.
The ending was fine and satisfying enough but I thought it was pretty uncharacteristic of the Del we get to know.