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Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy
5.0
Depressingly beautiful, this book has incredible inner dialogue of the main character Jacob. While also describing surroundings, characters, and even sounds and ambience incredibly. It’s hard to believe that this is David Joy’s first novel, especially since his writing style greatly reflects a seasoned author.
The plot is well articulated, easy to understand, and paced perfectly to give you anxiety about what happens next! The characters felt like actual people, they were flawed and so human in their conversations, reactions, and emotions. Joy was able to reflect the complexity of human emotion so well. Causing Jacob to feel incredibly relatable, making him someone to root for. Although he made some questionable decisions, his emotions and thoughts give a lot of clarity into situations and provides great context for the dynamics of the book.
Many heavy topics were covered in this book, but the transparency and compassion in how Joy portrayed it was incredible. The plot felt like a real life situation, it wasn’t far fetched by any means, making the story intriguing and hard to pull away from. I knew this wouldn’t have a “happy ending” but the ending tore me up in ways I didn’t expect. I thought of this book for days, even having dreams about it. “Where All Light Tends To Go” is a must read, that will leave you empty after ( meaning that the author has succeeded).
The plot is well articulated, easy to understand, and paced perfectly to give you anxiety about what happens next! The characters felt like actual people, they were flawed and so human in their conversations, reactions, and emotions. Joy was able to reflect the complexity of human emotion so well. Causing Jacob to feel incredibly relatable, making him someone to root for. Although he made some questionable decisions, his emotions and thoughts give a lot of clarity into situations and provides great context for the dynamics of the book.
Many heavy topics were covered in this book, but the transparency and compassion in how Joy portrayed it was incredible. The plot felt like a real life situation, it wasn’t far fetched by any means, making the story intriguing and hard to pull away from. I knew this wouldn’t have a “happy ending” but the ending tore me up in ways I didn’t expect. I thought of this book for days, even having dreams about it. “Where All Light Tends To Go” is a must read, that will leave you empty after ( meaning that the author has succeeded).
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
4.0
Overall the world building, plot, and characters are relatable and enjoyable. The author could describe people and places in more depth. My biggest bone to pick with this book was that it seemed predictable. I was able to foresee some of the twists and turns. Other than that I enjoyed the book and liked how flawed the main character was, and how she makes mistakes. It made her seem more human like and relatable.
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
4.0
This book is the second of the series and I believe it is better than the first. The writing style is the same but the author becomes better at world building, character development, and surprising twists. There are some unexpected deaths and a shocking ending that left me with a pit in my stomach. I would give it a 4.5 but not a perfect 5 since it does feel like it’s missing something. Maybe the third will resolve it.
King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard
5.0
So far I think this is the best of the Red Queen series, here we dive into the psyche of Maven and Mare’s bizarre relationship. The world building increases and the psychological aspects also multiply tenfold. We also get an introduction of new perspectives for differing characters that adds a lot of depth to the story. The plot moved at a reasonable speed with some occasional time skips (months usually) and some bits and pieces of what’s going on outside of mares perspective. It also builds upon character relationships and has some interesting twists.