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A review by emmywritess
Daredevils by Shawn Vestal
3.0
Actual rating - 3.5 stars.
What I liked:
- The book focused mainly on religion. There aren't enough YA authors that incorporate it into their stories.
- The writing was stunning.
- I found it an eye opening, coming of age story.
- I loved that it took place in the 1970's.
- I found that the characters were mostly well developed and complex.
- There wasn't a massive focus on love relationships (although, I did spent half the book worrying about a possible love triangle.)
- The author focused more on friendships which I thought made the book extra captivating.
What I didn't like:
- I found it difficult to get into.
- The last part of the book confused the heck out of me. It seemed to jump around a lot, so I found it complicating to follow sometimes.
- Towards the beginning of the book, it seemed a love triangle would occur. It didn't evolve into one, but I spent half the book hoping that it wouldn't.
- Loretta had the appearance of an unstable character. In parts, she seemed apprehensive and then she'd act obnoxious which I didn't like.
I did enjoy this book, although it was slow in parts, and took me a while to get into. It's a change to what I normally read, but it wasn't a bad change. It has taught me a little more about religion, and the story will stick with me for some time.
What I liked:
- The book focused mainly on religion. There aren't enough YA authors that incorporate it into their stories.
- The writing was stunning.
- I found it an eye opening, coming of age story.
- I loved that it took place in the 1970's.
- I found that the characters were mostly well developed and complex.
- There wasn't a massive focus on love relationships (although, I did spent half the book worrying about a possible love triangle.)
- The author focused more on friendships which I thought made the book extra captivating.
What I didn't like:
- I found it difficult to get into.
- The last part of the book confused the heck out of me. It seemed to jump around a lot, so I found it complicating to follow sometimes.
- Towards the beginning of the book, it seemed a love triangle would occur. It didn't evolve into one, but I spent half the book hoping that it wouldn't.
- Loretta had the appearance of an unstable character. In parts, she seemed apprehensive and then she'd act obnoxious which I didn't like.
I did enjoy this book, although it was slow in parts, and took me a while to get into. It's a change to what I normally read, but it wasn't a bad change. It has taught me a little more about religion, and the story will stick with me for some time.