Infinite noise is a beautiful coming of age story with a little bit of magical realism to it. I had never even heard of the podcast that this is based off of, but now I feel like I definitely missed out. I am so glad they decided to write this book.
I am going to talk about the story first. The plot is very minimal. An X-Men style setting without the cool school for mutants. Mutants in this sense are called A-typicals. Individuals that can do things normal people can't, such as reading minds, controlling emotions, or being one hell of an empath. The story follows two boys; one who has just been diagnosed as an a-typical of the extreme empathic variety, and an out gay teen with some extreme depression. The story builds mostly around these two boys discovering a friendship and then something more. There is a little about a government agency experimenting on A-typicals, and possible danger for Caleb, the a-typical boy, but this plot side is very minimal and barely even addresses it. 80% of the story being about Adam and Caleb and their growing relationship.
Which brings me to Adam and Caleb. My absolute favorite part of this book! I loved them so much. Adam who is diagnosed with a sever depressive disorder just hit all of my tender feelings. I wanted desperately to wrap him up in my adoration and sooth him. Caleb, took me a little longer to get attached to. In fact I still think my love for Caleb stems from his love for Adam. Still I couldn't love these two anymore than I do. I adored seeing them get close and weather everything thrown at them.
I am absolutely thrilled to have been given the opportunity to review an advanced copy. I loved this book, I can't wait to get my hands on book 2!!!
Thank you to BookishFirst and the publisher for providing this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
I am going to talk about the story first. The plot is very minimal. An X-Men style setting without the cool school for mutants. Mutants in this sense are called A-typicals. Individuals that can do things normal people can't, such as reading minds, controlling emotions, or being one hell of an empath. The story follows two boys; one who has just been diagnosed as an a-typical of the extreme empathic variety, and an out gay teen with some extreme depression. The story builds mostly around these two boys discovering a friendship and then something more. There is a little about a government agency experimenting on A-typicals, and possible danger for Caleb, the a-typical boy, but this plot side is very minimal and barely even addresses it. 80% of the story being about Adam and Caleb and their growing relationship.
Which brings me to Adam and Caleb. My absolute favorite part of this book! I loved them so much. Adam who is diagnosed with a sever depressive disorder just hit all of my tender feelings. I wanted desperately to wrap him up in my adoration and sooth him. Caleb, took me a little longer to get attached to. In fact I still think my love for Caleb stems from his love for Adam. Still I couldn't love these two anymore than I do. I adored seeing them get close and weather everything thrown at them.
I am absolutely thrilled to have been given the opportunity to review an advanced copy. I loved this book, I can't wait to get my hands on book 2!!!
Thank you to BookishFirst and the publisher for providing this book for free in exchange for an honest review.