A review by shyshyshy
The Leavers by Lisa Ko

3.0

i wanted to like this one. i think it does everything right but the chapters about polly are so much more poignant than the book as a whole. it's well-crafted, it's emotionally complex, but it just doesn't land for me. every time it gets so close to saying something about how the road to hell is paved with good intentions (deming's, polly's, peter and kay's) it backs away and forces the reader to make a decision on what they think. i wanted it to be more bold and say the quiet parts out loud.