{"id":19953,"date":"2022-04-27T16:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=19953"},"modified":"2023-02-27T21:02:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T02:02:02","slug":"come-unto-these-yellow-sands-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19953","title":{"rendered":"Come Unto These Yellow Sands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Come Unto These Yellow Sands<\/a><\/em> (2011) Josh Lanyon<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Come<\/a>Something about this book works perfectly to pull me out of my head.<\/p>\n

Part of it is that Swift is a reformed screw-up who knows how and why he messed up, but also how easy it could be for him to fall of the wagon.<\/p>\n

Physical violence was not his area of expertise, though he\u2019d had the shit kicked out of him on occasion. But then he\u2019d generally had it coming.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He makes mistakes, but he owns them–and also admits when he’d probably do the same thing again.<\/p>\n

If he had it all to do again\u2026? Well, that was the point of those Choose Your Own Adventure books, right? Taking responsibility for your decisions, living with consequences.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And Swift screws up in this book–a mistake that puts him on the outs with his FWB who also happens to be the sheriff.<\/p>\n

I think what works so well for me is that you see that Swift wouldn’t have acted in this instance in a different way. And also I deeply feel his struggle as everything in his life is spiraling out of control and seemingly going against him.<\/p>\n

Swift could feel himself losing color. Something was going on here that he didn\u2019t understand. Until this instant he hadn\u2019t realized that Koltz was hoping for a reason to get rid of him. In fact, gazing into Koltz\u2019s hard eyes, Swift realized that Koltz actively disliked him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Every part of this story fits together and makes sense, and all the characters act in a way that is logical for them. And even when people do stupid things, it’s for reasons that make sense. (ie, of course a teenager is going to run away and make stupid choices.)<\/p>\n

Nothing in this book is easy for Swift, but seeing him work through it is so very satisfying.<\/p>\n

It would be nice to believe in something like God. To believe some higher power with a greater purpose was concealed behind the violence and chaos.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: JustJoshin Publishing, Inc<\/p>\n

Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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