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The Bright Lands
by John Fram
Summary: Joel Whitley is instantly reminded of his difficult past when he returns to Bentley, a small closed-minded town he fled from years prior after being shamed for his sexuality. Shortly thereafter, his brother Dylan, the local star quarterback goes missing and Joel is determined to find out the truth. The town and the powerful men living in it will stop at nothing to keep the secrets of this town undercover.
My take: I had high hopes for this story, but to me I was so distracted by the graphic and disturbing descriptions of the hate crimes to come close to enjoying this book. I read a lot of true crime, so I'm "used to" descriptive crime, but this one just seemed unnecessarily intense.
I listened on audiobook, and maybe a print version would have been better. For some reason I just never felt connected to the characters and the characters different twists that were thrown in seemed random/a stretch. Overall I gave this book 3 stars - I didn't hate or love it, it fell somewhere between hence the average stars.
My take: I had high hopes for this story, but to me I was so distracted by the graphic and disturbing descriptions of the hate crimes to come close to enjoying this book. I read a lot of true crime, so I'm "used to" descriptive crime, but this one just seemed unnecessarily intense.
I listened on audiobook, and maybe a print version would have been better. For some reason I just never felt connected to the characters and the characters different twists that were thrown in seemed random/a stretch. Overall I gave this book 3 stars - I didn't hate or love it, it fell somewhere between hence the average stars.