A review by brynpemery
We Are the Light by Matthew Quick

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This started off SO WEIRD and I almost quit after a chapter or two. I ended up sticking with it and liked it more as the story picked up and we met some other characters. I will say that the beginning weirdness does have some context that helps explain things—elements that seem like fantasy or magical realism do have an explanation later on.
Realizing that the narrator is traumatized and extremely unreliable made me a lot more open to the way the story was told.
I will say that the Jungian analysis never got less weird. Glad it helped the narrator (and I believe the author) out but I could have done with a bit less. 
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