Prophet Song

I wanted to love this. I think taking taking the story of individuals impacted by a war-torn country and placing it in a “Western Country” is a brilliant way to break the complacency that can come with reading similar, real stories in the news. Of course, the rise of authoritarian governments also makes this a little too timely. However, the strange formatting added nothing for me and detracted from the book. At first it did add to the frenetic pace, but it did make it feel jumbled in the middle and like I missed some important details and prose. It worked well to sit up the beginning slow creep and the frenetic pace of the ending, but was also an impediment.