🔴Review!!🔴

Thank you to @netgalley and @heartlabpress for this free advance readers copy of Blitzball in exchange for my honest review.

“They think they’re God. No, all they are are people who think they can control me but they can’t. I control me.”
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This. Book. Is. Crazy. It’s crazy in a good way. The first paragraph drew me in. This is a coming of age story about an angry young man who is realizing things about his life that he never knew before. Is it him? Is it a conspiracy? That’s what he’s trying to find out.
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He goes out of his comfort zone to work with people that he (thinks he) hates. He eventually learns to like and work together with these people and it changes his outlook on what he’s always known. The outside influences such has his classmates and his family essentially tear his emotions in two.
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There are so many parallels between Reichfield and 1930s-40s Germany. I’ve always had an obsession with learning about WWII and German occupation of other lands. Little did I know how much of a parallel this book would have with that era.
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There is so much anger in the book and it is portrayed in such an interesting way. I felt along with the characters; the rage, the sadness, the love. I highly recommend this book, however there are instances of death, thoughts of suicide, and sex.
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The ending was just phenomenal. It blindsided me and I was intrigued until the very last word.
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This concept was intriguing, but in the end I just couldn't get over some of the flaws in the plot. Too many coincidences used to further the story along, and not enough real character growth to make a satisfying read.