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A review by kristid
Luminous by Dawn Metcalf
2.0
Luminous is unlike any other book I've read.
This is a hard review for me to write, there are things about this story that I was enamored with but at the same time there were other aspects of the story that just fell flat for me.
The creativity of the story was amazing... the concept of the Flow, it's inhabitants, those aspects of the story where intriguing. Metcalf had a very distinguished writing style, one that I haven't encountered in any previous young adult novels, it was as creative as the story it was telling.... very different.
I didn't exactly understand what the Flow was... and as a result I found myself confused durning most of the story... confused and not really caring what happened as a result. The characters, were interesting, but they lacked the development that I needed to feel connected to them. Instead of feeling engrossed in the story, I felt cut off. I didn't have that drive to find out what was going to transpire.
Although Luminous didn't completely work for me, I think that it will definitely appeal to other readers.
This is a hard review for me to write, there are things about this story that I was enamored with but at the same time there were other aspects of the story that just fell flat for me.
The creativity of the story was amazing... the concept of the Flow, it's inhabitants, those aspects of the story where intriguing. Metcalf had a very distinguished writing style, one that I haven't encountered in any previous young adult novels, it was as creative as the story it was telling.... very different.
I didn't exactly understand what the Flow was... and as a result I found myself confused durning most of the story... confused and not really caring what happened as a result. The characters, were interesting, but they lacked the development that I needed to feel connected to them. Instead of feeling engrossed in the story, I felt cut off. I didn't have that drive to find out what was going to transpire.
Although Luminous didn't completely work for me, I think that it will definitely appeal to other readers.