Light from Distant
Stars by Shawn Smucker
Cohen is trying to figure out why his dad is lying in a
puddle of blood in the basement of the family funeral home. Did he kill his father? While he tries to answer that question, the
reader goes on flashbacks of Cohen’s early family life to determine how they
arrived at this point.
This book probes the father-son relationship that seems to
be prevalent in our culture. “Maybe that’s
the problem with fathers and sons—they lose each other. . . Everyone loses
their dad. It doesn’t matter if you want
to or not. It’s finding him again that’s
the hard part. I don’t know if that
happens very much.” Cohen counsels
Thatcher, a troubled teen he meets in the hospital.
This book is part fiction, part philosophy, part
supernatural-thriller and part coming of age novel. The author was new to me, but this book made
me curious to try his other books.
It was well-written and the plot moved along at a decent
pace, but I didn’t find a character that resonated with me. I definitely felt like I was an outsider looking
in, trying to figure out what was happening.
I was happy with the resolution of the book. It does offer hope and doesn’t strand readers
in a dark place.
Readers who enjoy Billy Coffey, or Ted Dekker, may find much
to like in this book. I am grateful
to the publisher for the free copy I
received for this, my honest review.
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