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A review by peyton_
Into This River I Drown by T.J. Klune
3.5
This is one of the first books Klune wrote and I can definitely see the growth between it and *The Whispering Door*. Grief is a common theme in Klune’s book and it is the primary concept of this one. Klune handles it well. I was surprised that this book is entirely made up of Christian beliefs, as I don’t recall his other work having religious content. It was a lot.
This is probably my least favourite of Klune’s work (still recommend the book though, since he is a good author). I found that the story just kept going around and around and repeating the same points over and over again. While there is the drug plot, it is so minimal that the book could exist without it. This makes the book almost solely about Benji’s loss of his father and his struggles with the grief that consumes him. It was disappointed and made for a VERY long read. Shockingly, I also found the characters to be a little one-dimensional and not well executed. While the writing was very much in Klune’s usual style, the story lacked the awesomeness that I usually find in his works. I’m definitely going to keep reading his books, though. I believe this was only the fourth book he wrote and his newest ones are amazing. Clearly, he has grown as a writer.
This is probably my least favourite of Klune’s work (still recommend the book though, since he is a good author). I found that the story just kept going around and around and repeating the same points over and over again. While there is the drug plot, it is so minimal that the book could exist without it. This makes the book almost solely about Benji’s loss of his father and his struggles with the grief that consumes him. It was disappointed and made for a VERY long read. Shockingly, I also found the characters to be a little one-dimensional and not well executed. While the writing was very much in Klune’s usual style, the story lacked the awesomeness that I usually find in his works. I’m definitely going to keep reading his books, though. I believe this was only the fourth book he wrote and his newest ones are amazing. Clearly, he has grown as a writer.