Great Book for New Readers and Podcast Fans Alike
The Infinite Noise is such a delight, you’ll feel ‘green’ all the way through it!
I started off as a fan of The Bright Sessions podcast and was ecstatic to discover it was getting a book trilogy. Initially, I worried there would be too much involved for non-podcast fans to enjoy the book but that issue was nonexistent while reading it. There are callbacks and moments that make long-time fans like myself smile but the story of Caleb and Adam is completely welcoming to newcomers.
Lauren Shippen creates wonderful characters that really jump out and grab you. Caleb’s descriptions of feeling emotions are entrancing and paint a detailed picture in my head of a world filled with warring colors of piercing spikes, looming waves, and dripping sludge. The thorough portrayal of Adam’s depression hit close to home, and made me realize I’d never read a character with such a compelling depiction of a mental health diagnosis. The story is a great twist on a typical teen love story, with Caleb’s power and Adam’s insights feeding the reader vivid imagery that pulls you in all the more. Even knowing how their story plays out from the podcast, I was still tense with every scene where they clash, pleading with the book in my hands to let the boys have their happy moments together.
I did think the ending was a bit sudden and out-of-nowhere. Maybe it is because I know that their story goes on much further from there, and that even the ending presented here has more details that are fleshed out in the podcast, but the novel ending feels abrupt and disjointed compared to the rest of the well-paced story. Still, I think it’s a good conclusion to this high-school romance. I do highly recommend readers take up the podcast to see how the story continues, and to hear all of the amazing voice actors, expanded cast of characters, and addicting story that will make it impossible to take your headphones off.
The Infinite Noise was a joy to devour; the kind of book that left me staying up late, curled up in bed unable to put it down, thinking ‘just one more chapter’ with each page I turned. The story will be addicting to new readers, eager to see more of Caleb and his boyfriend and the world of Atypicals, and to old fans, keen to soak up more details about their favorite characters. Lauren Shippen creates an amazing story that will definitely have me first in line at the bookstore for her future releases.
I started off as a fan of The Bright Sessions podcast and was ecstatic to discover it was getting a book trilogy. Initially, I worried there would be too much involved for non-podcast fans to enjoy the book but that issue was nonexistent while reading it. There are callbacks and moments that make long-time fans like myself smile but the story of Caleb and Adam is completely welcoming to newcomers.
Lauren Shippen creates wonderful characters that really jump out and grab you. Caleb’s descriptions of feeling emotions are entrancing and paint a detailed picture in my head of a world filled with warring colors of piercing spikes, looming waves, and dripping sludge. The thorough portrayal of Adam’s depression hit close to home, and made me realize I’d never read a character with such a compelling depiction of a mental health diagnosis. The story is a great twist on a typical teen love story, with Caleb’s power and Adam’s insights feeding the reader vivid imagery that pulls you in all the more. Even knowing how their story plays out from the podcast, I was still tense with every scene where they clash, pleading with the book in my hands to let the boys have their happy moments together.
I did think the ending was a bit sudden and out-of-nowhere. Maybe it is because I know that their story goes on much further from there, and that even the ending presented here has more details that are fleshed out in the podcast, but the novel ending feels abrupt and disjointed compared to the rest of the well-paced story. Still, I think it’s a good conclusion to this high-school romance. I do highly recommend readers take up the podcast to see how the story continues, and to hear all of the amazing voice actors, expanded cast of characters, and addicting story that will make it impossible to take your headphones off.
The Infinite Noise was a joy to devour; the kind of book that left me staying up late, curled up in bed unable to put it down, thinking ‘just one more chapter’ with each page I turned. The story will be addicting to new readers, eager to see more of Caleb and his boyfriend and the world of Atypicals, and to old fans, keen to soak up more details about their favorite characters. Lauren Shippen creates an amazing story that will definitely have me first in line at the bookstore for her future releases.