The Incendiaries
Ratings20
Average rating3.2
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Ratings20
Average rating3.2
A young Korean-American woman at an elite American university is drawn into acts of domestic terrorism by a cult tied to North Korea and then disappears, leading a fellow student into an obsessive search for her.
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I found myself just not really drawn into this one too much. I'm not sure if it's the fact that it was an audiobook or not, as I've had various degrees of success with them, but my mind wandered while listening.
It has some well written scenes and interesting themes, but just didn't hold my attention unfortunately.
Surprisingly momentum-driven, and gave me a lot of pause for thought. Not sure the casual reader will enjoy the format or diction, but “literary types” will love it.
DNF at 52%, no rating.
Someone else said that trying to get to the plot of this book felt like swimming through Jello, in my opinion it was pretty much spot on. It's a short book and I'm a fast reader and still it was a sluggish read while also being somehow hard to follow (often felt like there were pages missing and like I was going no where). Couldn't make myself care about the characters all that much. It has its moments for sure but it really wasn't for me.
