Unresolved Questions

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LIGHT FROM DISTANT STARS was a solid three-star read for me. I would describe it as a good book that’s mostly enjoyable to read, but it left me with so many unresolved questions that I just couldn’t up the number of stars.

In particular, the question that I was most curious about was why Cohen doesn’t readily call for help upon discovering his unconscious father, which readers are made aware of within the first chapter. After finishing the novel I have several theories as to why this is (that I won’t list out in an effort to avoid spoilers), but it is still a question left largely unanswered by the end of the novel. Among many other murky plot points, one of the biggest ones following the mystery surrounding the death of Cohen’s father is the appearance of the Beast in Cohen’s childhood. I never got a clear sense of who the Beast is (or was, maybe?), and I didn’t fully understand its relevance to the storyline that seemed more invested in exploring father/son dynamics than the paranormal.

Finally, LIGHT FROM DISTANT STARS was a three-star book for me due in part to the continual use of alternating flashbacks every other chapter or so. It was jarring and became disruptive to the flow of the action, and it never really converged with the current events of the story in a way that at least made the use of flashbacks more necessary to the plot itself.

Thank you to Bookish.com and the publisher for providing me with a copy of LIGHT FROM DISTANT STARS in exchange for an honest review!