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Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
This wasn’t bad but wasn’t extraordinary.
I didn’t really enjoy the main character, Charles, that much. His character felt a little shallow. In a similar vein, the “plot” of his daughter living across the river without her knowing that she is his daughter was lackluster — it didn’t feel like the focal point of the novel as much as it was marketed to be.
The ending was sweet, but did the entire exposition build the story up for that resolution? I don’t think so.
The indigenous elements in this one also felt light, too. I wish this discussed blood quantum more and dove deeper into the why behind Elizabeth’s true father’s identity being hidden. Tbh it felt like a subplot to the struggles Charles had with his ailing mother.
The prose was well written, though. I don’t have any critiques in that realm.
Alas, I am left feeling a little disappointed in this book. It just didn’t land as strongly as I’d hoped it would.
I didn’t really enjoy the main character, Charles, that much. His character felt a little shallow. In a similar vein, the “plot” of his daughter living across the river without her knowing that she is his daughter was lackluster — it didn’t feel like the focal point of the novel as much as it was marketed to be.
The ending was sweet, but did the entire exposition build the story up for that resolution? I don’t think so.
The indigenous elements in this one also felt light, too. I wish this discussed blood quantum more and dove deeper into the why behind Elizabeth’s true father’s identity being hidden. Tbh it felt like a subplot to the struggles Charles had with his ailing mother.
The prose was well written, though. I don’t have any critiques in that realm.
Alas, I am left feeling a little disappointed in this book. It just didn’t land as strongly as I’d hoped it would.