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The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen
4.0
I received an e-arc of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book, wow! The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen is a unique and diverse bookâblending science fiction, romance, mental health rep, and LGBTQ+ rep.
I've been seeing this book frequently on Twitter and when I saw the synopsis, I was truly intrigued! When I found out my NetGalley request was approved, I dived into it right away!
But first things first. The Infinite Noise is based on the author's audio drama podcast The Bright Sessions. This is really what intrigued me in the first place! This podcast is basically recorded sessions between Dr. Bright and her patients with supernatural abilities. I've already listened to a couple of episodes, and it was such a unique story. One of her patients is Caleb, and The Infinite Noise explores his story.
The writing
The writing style of this book was great! The story is told in alternating points of view between and Caleb and Adam, and for me the author did a great job in narrating the story in their perspectives.
The writing style captured what it felt like to be a teenager, what it felt like to struggle with a mental health illness, and what it felt like to be someone who's going through a life-changing event and having abilities you can't control. And of course, it also captured what it felt like to be someone discovering the friendship and love. I really loved that the simplicity of that.
The characters
I adored the characters! Caleb and Adam are just too precious for this world, and with every chapter, I slowly got to know more about them.
As I read, I realized that this book is more of a character-driven story. There are a lot of scenes involving Caleb's sessions with Dr. Bright, scenes where there are soliloquies and just the characters processing their thoughts and emotions, scenes where the characters are just simply talking to others with little plot involved. That said, I really liked this setup. It allowed me as a reader to fully understand and connect with these characters and get attached to them and their journey.
The plot
As I mentioned above, The Infinite Noise seems more like a character-driven story, so I feel like there was not much plot involved. There is a plot, but it was the characters that really drove the story forward.
The climax took too long to build up and when it was finally there, I needed more answers and explanations. It left me a bit unsatisfied, but at the same time, I'm really curious and excited for the next book because maybe we'll get to know more about this plot-related element!
I also loved the concept of Atypicals and I just really feel like we'll get to know more about them in the next book! (Or in the podcast haha!)
Overall, this book was a great read and I can't wait for its release!
This book review was first published on my blog.
This book, wow! The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen is a unique and diverse bookâblending science fiction, romance, mental health rep, and LGBTQ+ rep.
I've been seeing this book frequently on Twitter and when I saw the synopsis, I was truly intrigued! When I found out my NetGalley request was approved, I dived into it right away!
But first things first. The Infinite Noise is based on the author's audio drama podcast The Bright Sessions. This is really what intrigued me in the first place! This podcast is basically recorded sessions between Dr. Bright and her patients with supernatural abilities. I've already listened to a couple of episodes, and it was such a unique story. One of her patients is Caleb, and The Infinite Noise explores his story.
The writing
The writing style of this book was great! The story is told in alternating points of view between and Caleb and Adam, and for me the author did a great job in narrating the story in their perspectives.
The writing style captured what it felt like to be a teenager, what it felt like to struggle with a mental health illness, and what it felt like to be someone who's going through a life-changing event and having abilities you can't control. And of course, it also captured what it felt like to be someone discovering the friendship and love. I really loved that the simplicity of that.
The characters
I adored the characters! Caleb and Adam are just too precious for this world, and with every chapter, I slowly got to know more about them.
As I read, I realized that this book is more of a character-driven story. There are a lot of scenes involving Caleb's sessions with Dr. Bright, scenes where there are soliloquies and just the characters processing their thoughts and emotions, scenes where the characters are just simply talking to others with little plot involved. That said, I really liked this setup. It allowed me as a reader to fully understand and connect with these characters and get attached to them and their journey.
The plot
As I mentioned above, The Infinite Noise seems more like a character-driven story, so I feel like there was not much plot involved. There is a plot, but it was the characters that really drove the story forward.
The climax took too long to build up and when it was finally there, I needed more answers and explanations. It left me a bit unsatisfied, but at the same time, I'm really curious and excited for the next book because maybe we'll get to know more about this plot-related element!
I also loved the concept of Atypicals and I just really feel like we'll get to know more about them in the next book! (Or in the podcast haha!)
Overall, this book was a great read and I can't wait for its release!
This book review was first published on my blog.