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A review by elygreen
The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood
4.0
Most definitely one of the best books I've read in the past few years. Gripping, absorbing, draws you in and captures you in a world that borders between normalcy and insanity.
The characters become your friends, their stories become a puzzle that you desperately want to solve to help them. The little plot twists and shifts fall naturally and effortlessly and weave together the kind of book that seems to be written just for me. It had that balance of psychology + mystery + love + thriller + 'that wtf factor'. Honestly, I could go on about it forever.
The climax [and what a climax] was the only thing that left me somewhat displeased - it lacked that smoothness and flow the book maintained throughout. Probably, its aim was to create a discord; however, I felt it jarred and out of place, leaving too many loose ends. But, a major kudos to the author who most definitely has done his research on everything psychology related. It made everything even more eerie and realistic. And I loved the text book excerpts, the newspaper cuttings, the book-within-book sections.
All in all... I wish I could just go back in time and read it all over again for the first time. Taste this book, people. Taste it and enjoy it.
The characters become your friends, their stories become a puzzle that you desperately want to solve to help them. The little plot twists and shifts fall naturally and effortlessly and weave together the kind of book that seems to be written just for me. It had that balance of psychology + mystery + love + thriller + 'that wtf factor'. Honestly, I could go on about it forever.
The climax [and what a climax] was the only thing that left me somewhat displeased - it lacked that smoothness and flow the book maintained throughout. Probably, its aim was to create a discord; however, I felt it jarred and out of place, leaving too many loose ends. But, a major kudos to the author who most definitely has done his research on everything psychology related. It made everything even more eerie and realistic. And I loved the text book excerpts, the newspaper cuttings, the book-within-book sections.
All in all... I wish I could just go back in time and read it all over again for the first time. Taste this book, people. Taste it and enjoy it.