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A review by minimicropup
We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
I can’t seem to get into this one. Definitely a slow burn, which I normally prefer, and I even like being thrown into a story and having to figure out things as they happen around us. But I feel like I’m being thrown around by the writing instead of story.
Sometimes I don’t know who is speaking so I connect those events with a different character and have to fix it later when I realize it wasn’t Wyatt or Odette or Angel or True etc.
There’s a staccato barrage of terrible things happening or being remembered without much context, combined with lots of withholding (“I shouldn’t do this given my past…” kinda stuff). And all under a slightly flowery verbose writing style that I admit I could get used to and even find atmospheric if I wasn’t feeling so much like I’m trying to Read a Book instead of following the author’s story in my mind’s eye.
Might be a soft DNF or a donate. I’m sure others will like it based on other reviews!
Sometimes I don’t know who is speaking so I connect those events with a different character and have to fix it later when I realize it wasn’t Wyatt or Odette or Angel or True etc.
There’s a staccato barrage of terrible things happening or being remembered without much context, combined with lots of withholding (“I shouldn’t do this given my past…” kinda stuff). And all under a slightly flowery verbose writing style that I admit I could get used to and even find atmospheric if I wasn’t feeling so much like I’m trying to Read a Book instead of following the author’s story in my mind’s eye.
Might be a soft DNF or a donate. I’m sure others will like it based on other reviews!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Gun violence