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A review by rakoerose
Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson
4.0
This is a short and stellar read with the amazing ability of creating such investment in that short amount of time.
Aren’t we a little like tiny gods? To reach up from the ground for the sun, and then when we can’t reach it, to make it ourselves?
The three girls focused on in this story, Lenore, Cathy, and Adri are all beautifully flawed. Hot-tempered, rash when making decisions, they all follow such an interesting route in their lives that makes them feel unique. I ended up liking them all immensely in the end, worrying for their futures even if they’d long since past in the time-scape of the novel.
The epistolary format is one I’m quite partial to - I grew up absolutely devouring those types of novels. This one includes diary entries and letters. There’s just something intimate about the medium when it’s done right, fulfilling that urge to dive deep into one person’s thoughts and feelings. I do attribute it a lot to how quickly I got invested. This is definitely a more character driven story, which I adore. This format won’t be for everyone but I think it’s clear how much I like it! Anderson’s style is also, in my opinion, compulsively readable. I didn’t want to put this book down.
The ending, for all three of them (four including Lily), made me breathless with the dawning of new lives and experiences. This is one of those novels that hammers home just how long a life is, and how you can do so much with it in the end.
I’m very glad I picked this up, based mostly on my childhood fascination with Anderson’s May Bird series. She definitely didn’t disappoint. ⚡️
Aren’t we a little like tiny gods? To reach up from the ground for the sun, and then when we can’t reach it, to make it ourselves?
The three girls focused on in this story, Lenore, Cathy, and Adri are all beautifully flawed. Hot-tempered, rash when making decisions, they all follow such an interesting route in their lives that makes them feel unique. I ended up liking them all immensely in the end, worrying for their futures even if they’d long since past in the time-scape of the novel.
The epistolary format is one I’m quite partial to - I grew up absolutely devouring those types of novels. This one includes diary entries and letters. There’s just something intimate about the medium when it’s done right, fulfilling that urge to dive deep into one person’s thoughts and feelings. I do attribute it a lot to how quickly I got invested. This is definitely a more character driven story, which I adore. This format won’t be for everyone but I think it’s clear how much I like it! Anderson’s style is also, in my opinion, compulsively readable. I didn’t want to put this book down.
The ending, for all three of them (four including Lily), made me breathless with the dawning of new lives and experiences. This is one of those novels that hammers home just how long a life is, and how you can do so much with it in the end.
I’m very glad I picked this up, based mostly on my childhood fascination with Anderson’s May Bird series. She definitely didn’t disappoint. ⚡️