Review by armontheroad - Rise to the Sun

armontheroad 's review for:

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

5.0

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Leah Johnson has never written anything I haven’t liked. She is such a genius with words!! I listened to the audiobook of this at work, which I do not recommend doing because it made me cry. There is a lot of unpacking each character does throughout the novel, which I really appreciated but it was difficult to read sometimes. On top of that, this book very heavily talks about mass shootings, so if that is something you find triggering, please know that before going into this!! I think all of the conversations were done so goddamn well. This is one of those books that I can absolutely see myself re-reading every summer!!

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