A review by alexblackreads
The Bright Forever by Lee Martin
3.0
This is a book that I struggle to review. I don't think it was bad, by any means. It captures a series of characters and unreliable narrators really well. You never know who to trust, but I still found it easy to follow the events of the story. It's a hard line to walk and was well done here.
But at the same time, this is one of the most forgettable books I've read in a long time. I struggled to keep myself from skimming it while reading and had to continuously go back over passages that I hadn't read thoroughly. I just wanted to get through it more than I cared about the actual story.
I'm writing this review five minutes after finishing the book because I worry in another ten or twenty I'd forget about it completely. I still worry I've waited too long because I can't think of anything to write here.
I wouldn't tell anyone to avoid this book, but I can't say I'd recommend it either. I wanted to really enjoy the story because I love missing persons cases that fall closer to literary fiction than thriller, but this one just didn't do much for me.
But at the same time, this is one of the most forgettable books I've read in a long time. I struggled to keep myself from skimming it while reading and had to continuously go back over passages that I hadn't read thoroughly. I just wanted to get through it more than I cared about the actual story.
I'm writing this review five minutes after finishing the book because I worry in another ten or twenty I'd forget about it completely. I still worry I've waited too long because I can't think of anything to write here.
I wouldn't tell anyone to avoid this book, but I can't say I'd recommend it either. I wanted to really enjoy the story because I love missing persons cases that fall closer to literary fiction than thriller, but this one just didn't do much for me.