A review by katokaitlyn
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book is all pain and all hope. With the war in Ukraine and the Hamas-Israel conflict, this book is timely, relevant, painful; it asks how we can expect people to leave their homes when their homes are attached to the lands that make up the fibers of their bones. Additionally, it’s a dystopian nightmare that does not primarily ask how we enter a dystopia (perhaps we already know this by now), but instead how that dystopian nightmare injures all, wounds all, murders all.