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A review by reveriesangel
Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer
5.0
This is like my third or fourth time reading this book. I have never made a review for it before, but I’ve been on a reviewing kick lately, so I thought why not?
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To start off, I love this book. Just utterly love it. This was one of the first books that got be back into reading, and into my experience with a whole new genre. I mostly only knew boring stories about a random boy going on some stupid adventure or being the chosen one. This finally helped me discover what I was missing with reading, specially different genres and tropes. The writing is perfectly my style and I don’t think I have ever read a book like how Brigid Kemmerer writes hers.
Most of all for her writing, I love her characterization. All of the characters are so different and relatable in different ways, and the way the react is so realistic.
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First off for characters, I will start off with Juliet.
Juliet writes letters to her dead mother’s grave, in hopes of continuing her life as if nothing happened and writing what she didn’t have the guts to say before she was killed. This is how she meets Declan.
Juliet goes through a lot within this story, most of which is revolved around photography. With her dead mothers equipment, her struggle to pick up photography again, and different photos, a lot is going on in Juliets life.
She has her best friend Rowan to help her out, but Rowan just doesn’t seem to understand. But when Declan comes along with trauma related to hers she finally has someone other than an unresponsive gravestone to talk to, her character arc is set in motion along with her way to acceptance.
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Now for Declan, aka “The Dark”.
Declan is going through a lot whether it be is dead little sister, his father who got his sister killed and has been in jail for the past 10 years, his mother refusing responsibility and support for him, and his step-father who is self-righteous and arrogant.
Honestly, if I went through what Declan went though, I would be a complicated character as well.
Declan is hard to pin down, he can be hot-headed at times, but other times he can be understanding and you can just see that he’s struggling with everything that has been thrown at him in life.
Due to a car accident, which is coincidently on the same day as Juliets mothers death, Declan has to do community service at a cemetery. This is where he finds one of Juliets letters and writes back two words, “me too”.
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From the first letter and forward, Juliet and Declan are tested with old trauma and new problems, and multiple secrets are discovered. Some of which deserved to be found out, but others that maybe should’ve stayed hidden.
This story is a great read for those who like dual pov’s and authors who have a great idea of the importance of character development. Now I can’t fit everything in here, and I might edit this review the next time I read it, but for now I hope this is enough for others to see my love for this book and maybe take a chance and read it themselves.
And please, if you didn’t like this book maybe read the second, because Rev’s story has all my heart <3
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To start off, I love this book. Just utterly love it. This was one of the first books that got be back into reading, and into my experience with a whole new genre. I mostly only knew boring stories about a random boy going on some stupid adventure or being the chosen one. This finally helped me discover what I was missing with reading, specially different genres and tropes. The writing is perfectly my style and I don’t think I have ever read a book like how Brigid Kemmerer writes hers.
Most of all for her writing, I love her characterization. All of the characters are so different and relatable in different ways, and the way the react is so realistic.
~~~
First off for characters, I will start off with Juliet.
Juliet writes letters to her dead mother’s grave, in hopes of continuing her life as if nothing happened and writing what she didn’t have the guts to say before she was killed. This is how she meets Declan.
Juliet goes through a lot within this story, most of which is revolved around photography. With her dead mothers equipment, her struggle to pick up photography again, and different photos, a lot is going on in Juliets life.
She has her best friend Rowan to help her out, but Rowan just doesn’t seem to understand. But when Declan comes along with trauma related to hers she finally has someone other than an unresponsive gravestone to talk to, her character arc is set in motion along with her way to acceptance.
~~~
Now for Declan, aka “The Dark”.
Declan is going through a lot whether it be is dead little sister, his father who got his sister killed and has been in jail for the past 10 years, his mother refusing responsibility and support for him, and his step-father who is self-righteous and arrogant.
Honestly, if I went through what Declan went though, I would be a complicated character as well.
Declan is hard to pin down, he can be hot-headed at times, but other times he can be understanding and you can just see that he’s struggling with everything that has been thrown at him in life.
Due to a car accident, which is coincidently on the same day as Juliets mothers death, Declan has to do community service at a cemetery. This is where he finds one of Juliets letters and writes back two words, “me too”.
~~~
From the first letter and forward, Juliet and Declan are tested with old trauma and new problems, and multiple secrets are discovered. Some of which deserved to be found out, but others that maybe should’ve stayed hidden.
This story is a great read for those who like dual pov’s and authors who have a great idea of the importance of character development. Now I can’t fit everything in here, and I might edit this review the next time I read it, but for now I hope this is enough for others to see my love for this book and maybe take a chance and read it themselves.
And please, if you didn’t like this book maybe read the second, because Rev’s story has all my heart <3