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A review by bluebeereads
This Raging Light by Estelle Laure
2.0
Istyria book blog ~ A World of Enchanted Books
This seems one of those book where people either seem to love it or (strongly) dislike/hate it. Unfortunately I belong to the latter. While the writing isn't bad and the story itself had a lot of potential, ultimately I was very disappointed.
This Raging Light is about Lucille. Her life is a mess after her dad went crazy and her mom left town. She has to pay the bills and look after her little sister. But as usual in these stories, a boy messes everything up. Lucille falls for her best friend's brother Digby.
Look, this is not the most original story out there. I've seen it before and, unfortunately, I've seen it done better too. But it had potential. If executed great, even an unoriginal story can be amazing. And while the writing is great, the rest isn't. There are too many plot lines for a novel of this size. My ARC copy is only 149 pages, which is very short. By the end of the book, a lot of those plot lines were left unresolved. That's something I really don't like.
Next to that I also have a lot of problems with the characters. Our main character, Lucille, is really very dramatic and quite ungrateful at times. She was annoying. Most of the other characters had very little personality to be honest. Eden was a horrible friend, but then again, Lucille wasn't a good friend either. Digby... Well... considering he has a long-term girlfriend all throughout the book, he's an ass. He's cheating on both girls the whole time. And I didn't like him, even without the cheating. The romance was so weird! Some call it cheesy, but honestly, it was just weird to me.
This Raging Light is too short and has way too much going on. There was potential, but it just fell flat for me. Then again, I've seen quite a few people giving it more than 4 stars, so you might love it. Who knows?
This seems one of those book where people either seem to love it or (strongly) dislike/hate it. Unfortunately I belong to the latter. While the writing isn't bad and the story itself had a lot of potential, ultimately I was very disappointed.
This Raging Light is about Lucille. Her life is a mess after her dad went crazy and her mom left town. She has to pay the bills and look after her little sister. But as usual in these stories, a boy messes everything up. Lucille falls for her best friend's brother Digby.
Look, this is not the most original story out there. I've seen it before and, unfortunately, I've seen it done better too. But it had potential. If executed great, even an unoriginal story can be amazing. And while the writing is great, the rest isn't. There are too many plot lines for a novel of this size. My ARC copy is only 149 pages, which is very short. By the end of the book, a lot of those plot lines were left unresolved. That's something I really don't like.
Next to that I also have a lot of problems with the characters. Our main character, Lucille, is really very dramatic and quite ungrateful at times. She was annoying. Most of the other characters had very little personality to be honest. Eden was a horrible friend, but then again, Lucille wasn't a good friend either. Digby... Well... considering he has a long-term girlfriend all throughout the book, he's an ass. He's cheating on both girls the whole time. And I didn't like him, even without the cheating. The romance was so weird! Some call it cheesy, but honestly, it was just weird to me.
This Raging Light is too short and has way too much going on. There was potential, but it just fell flat for me. Then again, I've seen quite a few people giving it more than 4 stars, so you might love it. Who knows?