A review by rrickman33
The Project by Courtney Summers
4.0
3.5/5 stars
There is truly no way to describe this book without giving it away. It had cult vibes, like very scientology "we're going to make you cut off your family because they don't like this" vibes. But sadly, the characters were flat and the pacing of this book was wild, I went from bored to overwhelmed.
In her Author's note, Courtney Summers does say she wrote this book with that wild pacing in mind. In a cult you don't believe until suddenly you believe. But she had written Lo to the point where I thought she was smart enough not to fall for it. So it just seemed off to me but maybe i'm just uncomfortable reading about someone easily falling into a cult they used to hate.
Overall, this is a perfect psychological cult YA novel if that's what you're looking for. Push through being thoroughly confusing in the beginning- it does come together!
There is truly no way to describe this book without giving it away. It had cult vibes, like very scientology "we're going to make you cut off your family because they don't like this" vibes. But sadly, the characters were flat and the pacing of this book was wild, I went from bored to overwhelmed.
In her Author's note, Courtney Summers does say she wrote this book with that wild pacing in mind. In a cult you don't believe until suddenly you believe. But she had written Lo to the point where I thought she was smart enough not to fall for it. So it just seemed off to me but maybe i'm just uncomfortable reading about someone easily falling into a cult they used to hate.
Overall, this is a perfect psychological cult YA novel if that's what you're looking for. Push through being thoroughly confusing in the beginning- it does come together!