A review by angelbecc
This Little Light by Lori Lansens
4.0
The story centers around two 16 year old girls (best friends) that are fugitives after being framed for a bomb explosion at their school. One of the girls, Rory, writes in real time about the events that lead up to the incident and who she suspects are framing her and her best friend and why. Rory also writes about real time events that occur over 48 hours while on the run. The book highlights many sensitive topics such as rape and the me too movement, pedophilia, racism, white privilege, black lives matter, immigration, abortion and pro life/choice, and religion.
The book kept me hooked from start to finish. I love that the writing took place in real time but included flash backs of what lead up to this event. There was very minimal “fluff” writing. Also, the author was able to capture a lot of real life issues without the book becoming overwhelming or seeming forced.
4 stars as the ending was abrupt and left more to be desired. I wish the author would have elaborated on what happened next? Rory had many assumptions, a lot of which were never explained.
Overall good read.
The book kept me hooked from start to finish. I love that the writing took place in real time but included flash backs of what lead up to this event. There was very minimal “fluff” writing. Also, the author was able to capture a lot of real life issues without the book becoming overwhelming or seeming forced.
4 stars as the ending was abrupt and left more to be desired. I wish the author would have elaborated on what happened next? Rory had many assumptions, a lot of which were never explained.
Overall good read.