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title: "The Lightness: A Novel Hardcover – June 16, 2020"
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# The Lightness: A Novel Hardcover – June 16, 2020

**Brand:** emily temple
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## Customer Reviews

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    Which question is the right question?
  

*by L***  on Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2020*

This novel took me by storm, for better or for worse. I finished it hardly moments ago at my office desk, and now I’m trying to compartmentalize my feelings and reactions, as well as my drawbacks and questions.It is not a perfect book. I will say that. Although, no story will ever be just right for anyone. It is simply not their story to tell, the author alone holds that right. But by means of publishing and producing these works, a story will at once belong to the readers, because they will experience it in a very different light. Here is mine.Olivia is a peculiar character, her struggles not unlike those of most girls her age. Her voice is unique, though she does drone on and on about insignificant things at times. I do love layered works, but this can also be easily overdone. However, I still enjoyed the core story structure and the historical/analytical/dissertation-like tidbits scattered throughout the book. I loved Laurel the most. I grew very fond of her, perhaps because she reminds me of myself. Janet and Serena, and Luke-most of all, had their own downfalls when it came to character. But Laurel felt the most visceral and vulnerable in her hardened state, even when Olivia wasn’t looking.And of course, the spiritual aspects. I do not practice Buddhism myself. However, I practice witchcraft, and therefore integrate meditation, astral projection, and many other forms of bodily escape into my practice. I read tarot cards, and I’ve felt the healing power of crystals. And maybe, just maybe, this helps in enabling me to understand the girls and their want for something more. The meticulous art of levitation (No, I have never levitated myself while meditating. But it often feels as though I am). In other words, I did enjoy the religious and spiritual aspect to this book, not only because of my own background-but also because you don’t often see it written quite like this. Sharp, witty, darkly comical, and educational. It was a new experience, to say the least.In the end, I came away from this story with questions about myself. Why I am the way I am, why I do what I do. I think some of the best books will split you open and shed a new light on the person you are, the one you’re still getting to know everyday. It was a painfully beautiful book, slow at times, but filled with sharp-tounged characters that you think you know. But maybe you don’t. And it goes without saying that that’s one of the most fascinating things of all. We might not even know others, our friends or even our family. At least, not in the way that they see themselves. But for all our natural human transformation and transcendent energy, maybe that’s how things are supposed to be. Maybe that’s where we begin.

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    No "The Secret History" but good.
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2020*

There's always something intriguing about summer camps and this book does not disappoint. Female friendships, hormones, secrets, lurking danger and, well summer all intertwine here. An easy read that explores new friendships, teen angst, and deceit at a "Buddhist Boot Camp for Bad Girls." Well-written and a quick summer escape.

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    Beautifully written, smart and gripping. Fave read of 2020 so far.
  

*by D***L on Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2020*

The Lightness by Emily Temple is a beautifully written book. The prose is intelligent, witty, gripping, and will challenge you to think about female relationships, how we relate to our parents, and how we carry trauma from our adolescence with us into our adult lives.  This isn't a "breezy beach read," as some reviewers commented on. This is a serious novel that happens to center on a teenage narrator, though it moves between a summer spent at a Buddhist camp for young women and a 30ish narrator reflecting back on that transcendent summer.Layered on top of a suspenseful plotline with deeply fleshed out characters are meditations on Buddhism, religion, spirituality and the female experience.Frankly, I find it insulting when novels by young women are compared to teenage movies like The 90's cult hit theCraft - (check yo'self NY Times review). Women's experiences and female stories are rich and beautiful and don't need to be compartmentalized for general audience so they can view them as significant only in comparison to a book like Donna Tart's "Secret History." Yes, this novel revels in some similar mysteries, but it shines on its own. I digress.This is the best novel I have read all year and I have read many while in quarantine. It challenged me. I thought about it for weeks after reading it. I wanted to underline the beautiful prose and come back to it.Emily Temple is a new writer that will be in the public eye for many years to come. I highly recommend this book.

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