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Maybe hearts don't ever stop breaking once broken. ― Patrick Ness , Release Seldom in your life will you come across a book that makes you feel something, after the longest time I finally connected and felt. Patrick Ness is a beautiful writer, his words have the power to make you ponder for the longest time. A summary of the book - Inspired by Mrs Dalloway and Judy Blume's Forever, Release is one day in the life of Adam Thorn, 17. It's a big day. Things go wrong. It's intense, and all the while, weirdness approaches... Adam Thorn is having what will turn out to be the most unsettling, difficult day of his life, with relationships fracturing, a harrowing incident at work, and a showdown between this gay teen and his preacher father that changes everything. It's a day of confrontation, running, sex, love, heartbreak, and maybe, just maybe, hope. He won't come out of it unchanged. And all the while, lurking at the edges of the story, something extraor...

Sometimes you read a book and your heart soars, other times you leave it mid way because honestly you cannot waste your time anymore. Now I am writing my very personal opinion here, if you disagree or have any thoughts about the book, let me know in the comments below. I loved the title and sometimes I do pick up the book purely on the basis of just that. This one hinted at greatness, but the greatness ended at the cover. The result was a mediocre fiction with an absurd plot. When you talk of religion and try to unrelate it to the world, the final product falls flat on its face. What seemed even funnier to me was the genre - satire. Maybe I am wrong but I failed to spot the satire in the book. The summary for your reference - 2050, New York. In the aftermath of a gruelling spiritual cleansing quest, Ismael, a Pakistani-American student, enters into an alliance with spiritual beings who send him on a perilous journey of self-discovery. A non-believer, Ismael must return to ...