Thank you Bookish First and the author/publisher for sending me a copy of Switch. This review is voluntarily written.
There is a reason King is a bestseller. King is the master of awkward and bizarre. Thumbs up to the contemporary and edgy writing style and storyline.
Tru and her disaster of a family live in stopped time.
There's a switch on the wall that Tru's dad built boxes around.
Society is a mess. Tru's family is a lying mess. Time is a mess/non existent.
After reading the first page of this book, I knew I was getting into a weird story. But things kept getting weirder. The main characters are the most awkward group of individuals I have read about and putting them in the same room makes me cringe (in an entertaining way). The characters have to grow and find themselves in just over 200 pages, but King makes it happen.
Although the story is bizarre and sci-fi-based, there is a promninent message King wants to convey, which is especially important during this time (covid pandemic). The storyline, awkward conversations and back story all come to a head, which really made me think about my own life story and what each individual person goes through in a period of several months. King helped me realize the more important aspects of life in general and how to share those with others. Time is not important, we are.
King' writing style is something to get used to. Once Imastered the fragments and backslashes, I sped through this book in two days (would've been one if I didn't have to clean my house). Sometimes she writes poetically, other times with dialogue. Instead of chapters, short subtitles begin each section, which could only be 6 sentences long.
I recommend to those that enjoy weird but deep conversations with other awkward individuals. And to those that like to think.
There is a reason King is a bestseller. King is the master of awkward and bizarre. Thumbs up to the contemporary and edgy writing style and storyline.
Tru and her disaster of a family live in stopped time.
There's a switch on the wall that Tru's dad built boxes around.
Society is a mess. Tru's family is a lying mess. Time is a mess/non existent.
After reading the first page of this book, I knew I was getting into a weird story. But things kept getting weirder. The main characters are the most awkward group of individuals I have read about and putting them in the same room makes me cringe (in an entertaining way). The characters have to grow and find themselves in just over 200 pages, but King makes it happen.
Although the story is bizarre and sci-fi-based, there is a promninent message King wants to convey, which is especially important during this time (covid pandemic). The storyline, awkward conversations and back story all come to a head, which really made me think about my own life story and what each individual person goes through in a period of several months. King helped me realize the more important aspects of life in general and how to share those with others. Time is not important, we are.
King' writing style is something to get used to. Once Imastered the fragments and backslashes, I sped through this book in two days (would've been one if I didn't have to clean my house). Sometimes she writes poetically, other times with dialogue. Instead of chapters, short subtitles begin each section, which could only be 6 sentences long.
I recommend to those that enjoy weird but deep conversations with other awkward individuals. And to those that like to think.