R.O. Kwon's The Incendiaries
This is one of THE summer buzz books, plus the author wears some incredibly bad-ass eye makeup, so I was looking forward to reading it. But it left me a little cold. The description makes it sound like an exciting read, but it’s much more interior—about a sad sack college student obsessed with a girl who gets involved with a Christian cult. They spend a lot of time discussing wanting a relationship with Christ/God, which is not super compelling for me (I’m Jewish), and they are both incredibly unhappy people, which makes it a kind of depressing read. The writing is great but I was relieved when this was over. Content warning for rape. B.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released in July.
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