Rounded up from somewhere between 2.5-3 stars ⭐️
The blind light follows the lives of Drummond and Carter, two young men meet during their time in service. Over the years their friendship and lives develop and change.
I’m not fully sure how to I feel about this book. It’s the first time I’ve been really unsure about a star rating. I really liked how this book spanned so many different decades and important life points. It was like following someone through a real life journey. That being said, I felt the book was far longer than it needed to be and it seemed to drag. I loved the short chapters but really struggles with Evers’ writing style. Random words would be missing in sentences, they still made sense but they didn’t read properly. Every time this happened I’d get stuck and end up rereading the sentence again.
There was a section in the middle of the book that I absolutely loved! I did not want to put the book down and felt an anticipation, like something really exciting was about to happen. I would have given this section 4-4.5 stars. But, when it all came to a head I felt it was anticlimactic and underwhelming. I found myself so frustrated with some of characters. I struggled to feel any sympathy for their situation and just wanted to shake them. This is a story of family and friendships, but overall their lives were mostly pretty easy which made it really tough for me to sympathize with their disagreements. I know many people will love this book but unfortunately it wasn’t for me.
I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys historical fiction with a slow pace that is mostly drama free. I want to thank Readers First, the publishers and the author for allowing me to read this book and give my personal thoughts.
The blind light follows the lives of Drummond and Carter, two young men meet during their time in service. Over the years their friendship and lives develop and change.
I’m not fully sure how to I feel about this book. It’s the first time I’ve been really unsure about a star rating. I really liked how this book spanned so many different decades and important life points. It was like following someone through a real life journey. That being said, I felt the book was far longer than it needed to be and it seemed to drag. I loved the short chapters but really struggles with Evers’ writing style. Random words would be missing in sentences, they still made sense but they didn’t read properly. Every time this happened I’d get stuck and end up rereading the sentence again.
There was a section in the middle of the book that I absolutely loved! I did not want to put the book down and felt an anticipation, like something really exciting was about to happen. I would have given this section 4-4.5 stars. But, when it all came to a head I felt it was anticlimactic and underwhelming. I found myself so frustrated with some of characters. I struggled to feel any sympathy for their situation and just wanted to shake them. This is a story of family and friendships, but overall their lives were mostly pretty easy which made it really tough for me to sympathize with their disagreements. I know many people will love this book but unfortunately it wasn’t for me.
I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys historical fiction with a slow pace that is mostly drama free. I want to thank Readers First, the publishers and the author for allowing me to read this book and give my personal thoughts.