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Books that are always popular on social media before their release dates are always the ones I struggle with the most. I have one expectation for the book, but when I actually read it it isn't what I expected it to be at all. I am going to call this the "Book Media Effect."

My main problem with Into the Dim was the main character Hope. I was able to connect with her on an emotional level with her anxieties. In the first few pages she is seemingly made to be this delicate girl that is scared of almost everything. But then she does anxiety inducing things, with out the anxiety. I think this is more of a me problem since I know anxiety first hand and expect it to be the same for everyone. (Even though I know it isn't) She was also very naive at moments, things would be right in front of her and she literally DID.NOT.GET.IT. Hope also came off as a know it all because of her photographic memory and I hate know it alls. Ending it with this: I did not like Hope at all.

The secondary characters where entertaining and well developed, but I couldn't fully enjoy them do to my issues with the main character. This is why I say connections to characters are IMPORTANT.

The idea and world building were interesting, and I loved the good vs. evil aspect that it had going on. Especially the world that they traveled to (Which I had issues with because all Hope did was gush about how much she loved it and became and encyclopedia of facts and information. Like girl, you are suppose to be saving her mother that you are heart broken about.)