Kurt Kirchmeier
Author of The Absence of Sparrows
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Nothing is explained at the end, which is totally fine (life doesn't have easy answers, as much as we'd wish it to), but I wish much more time had been spent on Pete and the Voice on the radio - how did it convince him? What kind of things was he saying?
I am not religious/Christian, and generally stay away from books with that as a theme, but faith is such an important part of Ben's life that I didn't mind. It felt very natural
A few quibbles: Ben's voice is much more mature than a normal 11-year-old; his mom's mental health isn't consistent (she's medicated for anxiety, but when she goes off her meds she has a psychotic break? what?); birds really don't have anything to do with anything.… (more)