Engrossed Reader’s Reviews > We Burned So Bright > Status Update

It's 1am and I've stayed up to finish a book that is all kinds of sad: obvious, unexpected, precise and devastating.

It was worth it.

Even though I will fall asleep soon and themes will continue to swirl around in my subconscious and likely create disturbing dreams.

It was worth it.

It's relationships and people that matter, more so when the world is coming to an end.

And that's really everything.

"Mars is gone. The moon is next, and then it's so long, thanks for all the fish."

When the end is nigh, when time is running out, what do you do? What really matters when death is at touching distance?

Ok, it's too early to be reading, I should be asleep but I've finally managed to organise my reads for Sept and that's an achievement. Yay, me!

Rambling aside, what I want to say is that I think this book will destroy me in all the right ways. End of the world, secrets, tension, and characters who are perfect in their imperfection.

The discomfort and latent dread invoked when the MMCs met the family was palpable