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jayarna 's review for:

Reverie by Ryan La Sala
4.0

This book felt too large for its own good. Everything was sprawling and confusing and despite me feeling like I didn't understand anything, I also understood everything?

I think this was written with a LOT of heart. La Sala writes really beautifully and packs in an amazing amount of emotion and I can basically feel his soul bleeding through the words. Yet there's a lack of structure and clear vision hear that leads this book into feeling like a big mess. It's beautiful and I loved the concepts but for me a lot of them didn't quite hit where I wanted them to. I think this needed like a year to marinate and another edit before it hit the shelves.

This really feels like a debut, or even a final draft, so I'm excited for his next book because this has so much potential. I definitely won't forget this one, but I just wish it could've been a five star.