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tarynor 's review for:
The Bright Lands
by John Fram
I had higher hopes for this book than what was delivered. I don't hate the premise or the plot for what they are, but they are very thin in some respects, and the characters do not pick up the slack to carry this story. They were flat and cliched and utterly lacking in personality; a terrible thing for a book with multiple perspectives.
I kept reading simply to find out the answers to the proposed mysteries, but then those answers were...just strange. Which I guess isn't inherently bad, as I did kind of like the supernatural elements, but it wasn't exactly anything groundbreaking. Also, the entire book had moments of problematic elements that made me uncomfortable in an unintentional way. I don't think the commentary on homophobia in particular was approached in any nuanced way.
All in all, kind of disappointing.
I kept reading simply to find out the answers to the proposed mysteries, but then those answers were...just strange. Which I guess isn't inherently bad, as I did kind of like the supernatural elements, but it wasn't exactly anything groundbreaking. Also, the entire book had moments of problematic elements that made me uncomfortable in an unintentional way. I don't think the commentary on homophobia in particular was approached in any nuanced way.
All in all, kind of disappointing.