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A review by soobooksalot
The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The Lightning Bottles is one of those special novels that you know will land on your favourites list before you're anywhere near finished.
Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada for my gifted copy of Marissa Stapley's newest for review!
Jane Pyre - a Canadian churchgoing girl and member of the parish band, Samson's Mullet. (Best name ever.)
Elijah Hart - a Seattle-based musician in a band, Marvel Boys, with his childhood friends.
A twist of early technology brings them together from afar, and they form the legendary band The Lightning Bottles.
It's at the heart a love story - between Jane and Elijah, and for music. But it also tears into addiction, loss and grief, sexism in the music industry, intellectual property, public persona versus private life.
The Lightning Bottles takes place in multiple timelines in the 1990s, an especially influential time in music for my early-adult life.
The locations are many I've visited, bringing an added vibrancy to the story. Add in an underlying mystery tying the timeframes together, and it was all I could do not to skip to the end to find out how it all played out. Then put it aside at times so it wouldn't end.
(Also, take note of an Easter egg related to Marissa Stapley's debut novel.)
I loved this book. Absolutely recommended.
For release on Sept. 24.
Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada for my gifted copy of Marissa Stapley's newest for review!
Jane Pyre - a Canadian churchgoing girl and member of the parish band, Samson's Mullet. (Best name ever.)
Elijah Hart - a Seattle-based musician in a band, Marvel Boys, with his childhood friends.
A twist of early technology brings them together from afar, and they form the legendary band The Lightning Bottles.
It's at the heart a love story - between Jane and Elijah, and for music. But it also tears into addiction, loss and grief, sexism in the music industry, intellectual property, public persona versus private life.
The Lightning Bottles takes place in multiple timelines in the 1990s, an especially influential time in music for my early-adult life.
The locations are many I've visited, bringing an added vibrancy to the story. Add in an underlying mystery tying the timeframes together, and it was all I could do not to skip to the end to find out how it all played out. Then put it aside at times so it wouldn't end.
(Also, take note of an Easter egg related to Marissa Stapley's debut novel.)
I loved this book. Absolutely recommended.
For release on Sept. 24.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol