Jenny Jaybles reviewed Heaven by Sam Bett
Philosophy and Middle school bullying
4.0 stars
It's really well written, very thoughtful and philosophical but I feel like there is something missing and the story should of been longer. I think I can't accept something about the ending where suddenly we don't hear anymore about a very important character. There is something cold and detached about that and it makes me not love it completely. It came close to being a 5 star for me but it's lacking a certain amount of emotional depth. It's reminscent of someone describing their emotional pain to me from a psychology textbook description or what they read in a book of philosophy because it's easier than descibing one's own. And even though I can appreciate the cleverness of this style of writing at times the cleverness becomes too clever and just feels cold. I'm still giving it 4 stars even though I know it sounds like I am being very …
It's really well written, very thoughtful and philosophical but I feel like there is something missing and the story should of been longer. I think I can't accept something about the ending where suddenly we don't hear anymore about a very important character. There is something cold and detached about that and it makes me not love it completely. It came close to being a 5 star for me but it's lacking a certain amount of emotional depth. It's reminscent of someone describing their emotional pain to me from a psychology textbook description or what they read in a book of philosophy because it's easier than descibing one's own. And even though I can appreciate the cleverness of this style of writing at times the cleverness becomes too clever and just feels cold. I'm still giving it 4 stars even though I know it sounds like I am being very harsh. It is good. It just didn't hit perfectly right for me.