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A review by lacestow7
The Lightness by Emily Temple
2.0
Boy, was I disappointed in this book. The description was so promising. I was expecting an eerie, suspenseful book, and this book just did not deliver.
There were elements that could be considered eerie, but it just fell flat. This book hints at something that happens later in the summer, as well as possibly, a death, but it takes forever to actually get to that point where all is revealed.
There was way too much build-up, and not nearly enough reward. If I DNF’d books, I would have with this one. And honestly I should have anyway, because this book just didn’t draw me in, even by the halfway point, I was still not enjoying it.
I read this as my first book for spooky season, and it let me down. Hopefully, my next spooky read will be better.
Even though you’d think this book was YA because of the ages of the characters, it doesn’t read like a YA book. The narrator is adult Olivia retelling her summer at camp, and you can definitely tell it is an adult voice.
The writing style for this book is not something I’m used to, so I had to adjust to that as well.
I wouldn’t recommend this book, but as everyone has different tastes, you might enjoy this one.
There were elements that could be considered eerie, but it just fell flat. This book hints at something that happens later in the summer, as well as possibly, a death, but it takes forever to actually get to that point where all is revealed.
There was way too much build-up, and not nearly enough reward. If I DNF’d books, I would have with this one. And honestly I should have anyway, because this book just didn’t draw me in, even by the halfway point, I was still not enjoying it.
I read this as my first book for spooky season, and it let me down. Hopefully, my next spooky read will be better.
Even though you’d think this book was YA because of the ages of the characters, it doesn’t read like a YA book. The narrator is adult Olivia retelling her summer at camp, and you can definitely tell it is an adult voice.
The writing style for this book is not something I’m used to, so I had to adjust to that as well.
I wouldn’t recommend this book, but as everyone has different tastes, you might enjoy this one.