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The Incendiaries
by R.O. Kwon
I am torn by this book. On one hand, I can see all the reviews that said the prose is dramatic, meaningless, trying too hard, etc. On the other, this was my "reading in the pool" book and I kept wanting to go back to the pool to read it. On a completely other hand, after I finished I found myself both satisfied and dissatisfied. So it's not a 3 star because it's "meh", it's a 3 star because there is both 5 star and 1 star elements of this book. It is definitely polarizing, and can be so even just to one person. There are some disturbing elements (one scene in particular near the end that could be really activating to some people) and is definitely not a "happy" ending. It will leave you thinking for sure.
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On a note that does not matter to ANYONE but me, but it was the only part that made me laugh out loud - and I don't mean this to be disrespectful to the author or her previous faith, because I do see how genuine her faith was and how grieved she was by losing it - was a moment when Will is describing the "echoes" of his faith still in his life. He says something like "...I still hear Leviticus like a song to beat out the rhythm of each stride." I think perhaps she chose Leviticus because it's obscure and she's trying to show that Will knows the Bible inside and out and it still lives in his bones, but it actually felt like the opposite because Leviticus is not much like a song - and I'm saying that as someone who day in and day out has snippets from all sorts of Bible books float into my consciousness, who hears the Bible as I go on my daily walks. I resonate with the concept - the choice of Leviticus was just funny to me.
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On a note that does not matter to ANYONE but me, but it was the only part that made me laugh out loud - and I don't mean this to be disrespectful to the author or her previous faith, because I do see how genuine her faith was and how grieved she was by losing it - was a moment when Will is describing the "echoes" of his faith still in his life. He says something like "...I still hear Leviticus like a song to beat out the rhythm of each stride." I think perhaps she chose Leviticus because it's obscure and she's trying to show that Will knows the Bible inside and out and it still lives in his bones, but it actually felt like the opposite because Leviticus is not much like a song - and I'm saying that as someone who day in and day out has snippets from all sorts of Bible books float into my consciousness, who hears the Bible as I go on my daily walks. I resonate with the concept - the choice of Leviticus was just funny to me.