Book Review: Ashes

I think a good road trip story is one where I feel like I’m some spectator in the backseat who is trying to figure out why this trip is so important to everyone else. But as the backstory and relationships of the characters unfold, I reach a point where I become just as invested as the characters to reach their destination; where it goes from “THEY need to get there” to “WE need to get there”. But I feel like the story didn’t reveal enough of the characters for me which resulted in the payout at the end not being as rewarding as I hoped.

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