Slow burn of a mystery. Ending was sort of rushed but had a great twist!

I loved when they did the spinjutsu to cut the tree house ropes

I was hooked from the first page. Tommy's writing style is beautiful and the content is fascinating, I stayed up late the first night I was reading it and finished half of it.

I wanted to love this book as science and faith and their intersections are where I "live". But this book plunged into the world of addiction so heavily, that I felt like I needed an Al-Anon meeting while reading it. I don't say that lightly because I highly appreciate 12-step recovery groups. I thought this leaned heavily into the coming-of-age issues of how to disengage from mentally ill parents and restrictive churches. Because it was a look-backwards POV, I thought Gifty, being a Stanford student, would be intelligent enough to seek out other places of worship and come to terms with (while not approve of) the cultural issues in churches. To condemn God because of a few people seems.....unwise and unfair. Do we want God to smite every bad action or actor? Wouldn't that include each one of us? This is the inherent tension in Christianity. How do we continue to love? The attempt for Gifty to discover the answers to depression and addiction seems laudable but naive. How many millions of people have hoped to do just that? Maybe working with God and maybe through 12-step groups could move the needle? Nonetheless,I learned a lot about Ghana, the daily pain of immigration, and the bigotry endemic in AL.

Aurora centers around a Carrington Event in the modern world, wiping out all electricity to the world. It tells it's tale on a local level, therefore, we only get to glimpse a small community reaction. As a fan of David Koepp, author of Cold Storage and screenwriter for many Hollywood blockbuster monster movies, I was expecting a more dynamic story and characters. This story had very predictable characters and an easily cracked underlying mystery.

Thumbs up!

It makes me know the other side of China, a new perspective, I love it!

I like Pete's robot

I love this book! the whole warrior cats series is amazing but this book really came out to me. the characters are more relatable and their stories are well written.

Wonderful book with great strategies for waiting and being patient.