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lennareem 's review for:
The Living
by Matt de la Peña
I love Matt de la Pena. But I don't love the way this book is written. Reason #1: I feel like the limited third person POV would have been better as first person narration through Shy. The way the internal dialogue is written feels weird as third person because of all the slang. Unless Shy dies, I see no advantage to it being third person. Reason #2: the fragment sentences. I don't mind them, when used correctly.
However, and as always, his characters & the themes explored trump all that. And this book's plot gets better and better until I finished and promptly googled when the sequel would be out (not until next year). I will definitely be reading it, fragment sentences and all.
However, and as always, his characters & the themes explored trump all that. And this book's plot gets better and better until I finished and promptly googled when the sequel would be out (not until next year). I will definitely be reading it, fragment sentences and all.