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A review by thestoryprofessor
When We Ride by Rex Ogle
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
An extremely powerful and emotionally charged novel-in-verse about the strains of a strong friendship because of drug addiction.
Rex Ogle strips away the fatty tissue of a prose novel to find the terrifyingly dark pulse of dealing with drug abuse. There isn’t flowery language or rumination or author’s opinions to buffer the reader; straight, raw, honest storytelling that gets to the realities of drug use.
I adore Ogle and his writing, and this is another novel he can add to his great works that will completely wreck your heart and restore it better than before.
Rex Ogle strips away the fatty tissue of a prose novel to find the terrifyingly dark pulse of dealing with drug abuse. There isn’t flowery language or rumination or author’s opinions to buffer the reader; straight, raw, honest storytelling that gets to the realities of drug use.
I adore Ogle and his writing, and this is another novel he can add to his great works that will completely wreck your heart and restore it better than before.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol