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A review by happiestwhenreading
We Burn Daylight by Bret Anthony Johnston
3.5
The author makes it clear that this is NOT about the standoff with the Branch Davidians, but there are definitely parallels to that event in Waco, Texas.
Roy, the fourteen-year-old son of the sheriff, meets Jaye, a girl living on the compound with her mother. While Jaye knows the leader (known as the Lamb) is a fraud, she won’t leave her mom behind. Roy and Jaye instantly have a liking towards each other and they try to see each other as much as possible.
This one started off strong for me, but it did really drag in the middle for me. I feel like it could have benefitted from some editing so that the pace would have been better. Also, the ending was just a little too near and tidy for me. While I can really get behind coming-of-age stories, I am not a fan of books that see kids up on forever when they’re just fourteen-years-old. That’s probably more of a me problem, but it definitely affected my overall feelings of the book.
Roy, the fourteen-year-old son of the sheriff, meets Jaye, a girl living on the compound with her mother. While Jaye knows the leader (known as the Lamb) is a fraud, she won’t leave her mom behind. Roy and Jaye instantly have a liking towards each other and they try to see each other as much as possible.
This one started off strong for me, but it did really drag in the middle for me. I feel like it could have benefitted from some editing so that the pace would have been better. Also, the ending was just a little too near and tidy for me. While I can really get behind coming-of-age stories, I am not a fan of books that see kids up on forever when they’re just fourteen-years-old. That’s probably more of a me problem, but it definitely affected my overall feelings of the book.