patlo's Reviews (1.32k)

Incredibly well written. Backman does a wonderful job of capturing small town youth sports life, and of building out interesting flawed characters, and of ratcheting up tension and consequences chapter by chapter. This starts slowly, and since I went into the book without knowing much about it, I nearly DNF'd it around 1/4 of the way in. I'm very happy that I stuck with the audiobook.

Important idea, and worth reading 

I really loved what I’ve read from Jemison. However, even though this is really well written, and a very interesting concept, I just find myself not caring enough to continue to engage. Very well done book, recommended, but just not clicking for me at the moment. Perhaps this really works best for people who love love love NYC. . Since I’ve already put this down before, and return to it, I’m gonna call this one DNF.

The hype is legit. Fantastic writing craft, interesting characters, and a very, very unique world that's unlike anything I've read before. The reader is rewarded for showing patience - the first quarter? third? half? of the book invokes a block of questions, many of which become more clear as the story develops, but the reader's hand is not held.

This book would reward a reread. But, I'm more interested in reading the next book in the series.

3.75*. Dark, mysterious , what's happening here. More proof that owning an Alexa device is stoopid..

Gorgeous writing, Moody setting and characters, but the plot was just getting too dark for what I wanted to handle.