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The Project
by Courtney Summers
Bea and Lo are sisters who lost their parents in a tragic car accident. Lo was also in the accident, but survived after what Bea thought was a miracle. That miracle was Lev Warren, the charismatic leader of The Unity Project. When Bea joins The Unity Project, she leaves Lo to survive on her own. Six years later, Lo is working at a magazine. When someone shows up claiming The Unity Project killed his son, Lo decides to do a story in hopes of finding her sister and proving that The Project is in fact a cult. Lo begins to get closer to Lev and the members of The Project and starts to question her beliefs. Will she figure out what is in fact real and what happened to her sister?
This book is a slow burn. It is told from both Bea and Lo’s perspectives and jumps around from different time periods. It was a bit confusing figuring out who everyone was at first and what time we were in even though there are headers with the years. There are no chapters in this book just five parts, and I think that if there were chapters stating the year and who was telling their story it would be more helpful to the reader. There are some jumps from one situation to another that do not have a break, which can be confusing to the reader.
I found Lo to be unlikeable and preferred the sections told from Bea’s perspective. I thought that Foster was a great character and really liked his story. Lev was the epitome of a cult leader so it was definitely hard to like him, and Casey was another interesting character as she helped Lev all along throughout the book.
I liked the setting of upstate New York and found the author to be very descriptive. I could picture the lake and cabin at The Unity Project. Parts 1-3 were a bit slow for my liking, but Parts 4 and 5 moved quickly and were the most interesting to me. I liked the mystery aspect of what happened to Bea and how it all came together at the end although I do feel some parts were rushed and skimmed over. However, if you enjoy books about cults, I would recommend this.
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.
This book is a slow burn. It is told from both Bea and Lo’s perspectives and jumps around from different time periods. It was a bit confusing figuring out who everyone was at first and what time we were in even though there are headers with the years. There are no chapters in this book just five parts, and I think that if there were chapters stating the year and who was telling their story it would be more helpful to the reader. There are some jumps from one situation to another that do not have a break, which can be confusing to the reader.
I found Lo to be unlikeable and preferred the sections told from Bea’s perspective. I thought that Foster was a great character and really liked his story. Lev was the epitome of a cult leader so it was definitely hard to like him, and Casey was another interesting character as she helped Lev all along throughout the book.
I liked the setting of upstate New York and found the author to be very descriptive. I could picture the lake and cabin at The Unity Project. Parts 1-3 were a bit slow for my liking, but Parts 4 and 5 moved quickly and were the most interesting to me. I liked the mystery aspect of what happened to Bea and how it all came together at the end although I do feel some parts were rushed and skimmed over. However, if you enjoy books about cults, I would recommend this.
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.