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The Bright Lands
by John Fram
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so probably more of a 4 but honestly this story has really stuck with me and I still catch myself thinking about a few things + the author is queer so I'm just gonna give a 5 anyways xx
And I think the most interesting thing this book does is the "bad" people are actually also sympathetic in a certain way when you think about why they really had to get started. It might just be my perspective but I honestly can see how they would get twisted into something bad and how they got there, but it also wasn't really their fault they were pushed to that extreme.
I will agree to the criticism that I see that there are a LOT of characters, but this is also a 500 page book (almost) so I feel like the majority get enough time so you remember them. Like I listened to this thing in one day as an audiobook and I remembered basically everyone besides like one character by the end. I also didn't understand why we needed all these POVs until the very and they all made sense as to why they were picked for their POV.
But most importantly: as this is a thriller/horror thing I will say the final reveal (and the reveals leading up to it) were so GOOD and they all had me gasp. And I liked a final knife twist that basically our two main POV characters aren't fully innocent either in the plot of things and are responsible for horrible things happening to others. There is also a supernatural element to the horror of it all which isn't fully explained/addressed and I think that adds to the horror element. But I will say this is mostly a thriller about finding out the killer, and the horror is more so in the second half.
But it was spooky and i was enthralled the entire time. Like legit I had no idea where this was going for most of it and the big reveal(s) about what happened and what the reality of the situation was was simultaneously heartbreaking and also terrifying.
so probably more of a 4 but honestly this story has really stuck with me and I still catch myself thinking about a few things + the author is queer so I'm just gonna give a 5 anyways xx
And I think the most interesting thing this book does is the "bad" people are actually also sympathetic in a certain way when you think about why they really had to get started. It might just be my perspective but I honestly can see how they would get twisted into something bad and how they got there, but it also wasn't really their fault they were pushed to that extreme.
I will agree to the criticism that I see that there are a LOT of characters, but this is also a 500 page book (almost) so I feel like the majority get enough time so you remember them. Like I listened to this thing in one day as an audiobook and I remembered basically everyone besides like one character by the end. I also didn't understand why we needed all these POVs until the very and they all made sense as to why they were picked for their POV.
But most importantly: as this is a thriller/horror thing I will say the final reveal (and the reveals leading up to it) were so GOOD and they all had me gasp. And I liked a final knife twist that basically our two main POV characters aren't fully innocent either in the plot of things and are responsible for horrible things happening to others. There is also a supernatural element to the horror of it all which isn't fully explained/addressed and I think that adds to the horror element. But I will say this is mostly a thriller about finding out the killer, and the horror is more so in the second half.
But it was spooky and i was enthralled the entire time. Like legit I had no idea where this was going for most of it and the big reveal(s) about what happened and what the reality of the situation was was simultaneously heartbreaking and also terrifying.