kelsbookzone1 's review for:

We Can Never Leave by H.E. Edgmon

3.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

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Thank you NetGalley and Wednesday books for an early release copy.

The purpose of The Caravan is to seek out non humans, until it’s not. One morning on campsite all members have vanished, except for a few. Our multiple points of view Bird, Hugo, Felix, Eamon, and Calliope. And this many point of views seem to work, since some are sibling, they all have similar backgrounds and all feel interconnected. 

As my 3rd book by this author, you can really see they stick to what they know, their characters are distinct and developed much like their other stories. Also, a feeling of being overly familiar when thinking of characters in their other novels. It was enjoyable getting to know each characters back story, from their hardships and trauma they endured but mostly for the creativity of it. 

With all the flashbacks and point of views, it can be hard to follow. Between the frequemt flashbacks and repetitive arguing between characters, the plot never really progressed. And as slow as the story moved, the progress would feel non existent, like for most of the book, was there really a plot at all? think moving more medium-fast would have benefitted the story. The journey is what you expect for the overall theme but goes deeply into the imagery making it still a unique journey. The ending was impactful and surprising. 

But overall a mostly unexplained book- like a first book in a series feeling.