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This Little Light: A Novel Kindle Edition

by Lori Lansens (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
A teenage girl is running for her life in “a near-future that is stark, visceral and terrifyingly real” in this national bestselling dystopian thriller (Ami McKay, author of The Birth House).

 

Taking place over the course of forty-eight pulse-pounding hours, This Little Light draws readers into a near-future world of born-again Christians and celebrity worship where abortion is illegal and surveillance is everywhere. Sixteen-year-old Rory Miller and her best friend, Fee, are on the run after a bomb explodes at their elite Christian private school inside their triple-gated California community.

As Rory and Fee struggle to evade a media-frenzied search led by zealots and bounty hunters, Rory blogs their story in real time, determined to leave behind a record in their own words in case they don’t make it out alive. Author Lori Lansens weaves an intense, urgent, and enthralling read about an all-too-believable near future—and the world we already live in.
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  1. Print length
    288 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    The Overlook Press
  4. Publication date
    August 11, 2020
  5. File size
    2.4 MB
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“Lansens throws her readers right into the action and keeps them there, as thirsty, hungry, and frightened as two young girls on the run. A crazy-good coming-of-age thriller that will make you sweat, starting at page one.”―Christina Dalcher, author of VOX

“Lori Lansens imagines a near-future that is stark, visceral, and terrifyingly real. Hallelujah for the audacious self-professed heathen, Rory Ann Miller, who holds the adults in her world accountable while reminding us to never stop fighting for freedom. This book is a one hell of a wake-up call. I was rooting for Rory from page one.”―Ami McKay, author of The Birth House and The Witches of New York

"A twenty-first-century The Handmaid’s Tale."―Booklist

About the Author

Lori Lansens is a successful screenwriter and novelist whose books have been sold in more than 13 countries. She is the author of four previous novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Girls. Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario, she now lives in Santa Monica, California.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084ZKFKZD
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Overlook Press (August 11, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 11, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.4 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
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Lori Lansens was born and raised in Chatham, Ontario, a small Canadian town with a remarkable history and a collection of eccentric characters. Living with her family in southern California now, she could not resist the pull of her fictitious ‘Baldoon County’ when she set out to write The Wife's Tale. She took the journey, along with her main character, from Canada to the Pacific Coast of America, where she enjoys the sunshine, and has learned a thing or two about transformation. She has written several screenplays and is the author of two previous novels, The Girls and Rush Home Road.

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  • Mom_Loves_Reading
    5.0 out of 5 stars A riveting cautionary tale!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2020
    Fans of 'Vox', 'Handmaids Tale' or 'Red Clocks' will really dig this coming-of-age, YA-feminist, thriller! Written in Rory's voice as she blogs (but not in the style of blogging you would expect per say), this is dubbed post-apocalyptic/dystopian fiction, but it takes place in 2024, & it's not really apocalyptic, just slightly on the fringe of our present & where it seems to be heading at times.
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    'This Little Light' is a riveting, intense, & captivating story about how social media can become the judge, jury & executioner w/out knowing all the facts, & one girls fight for what she believes in: honesty, humility, & humanity. And an ending that will make you gasp! My only hope is that by 2024 teens don't talk the way they do in this book, w/ half words, offensive words, & incomplete sentences; but the book was quite engaging!
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  • Tarheelreader
    4.0 out of 5 stars Timely and powerful
    Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2020
    What a unique, timely, and spellbinding quick read! In its less than 300 pages, This Little Light is a genre-beading story set in the near future. The whole book takes place in just 48 hours.

    This Little Light deftly tackles several issues, including immigration, women’s rights, religion, and politics. The story is intense, narrated by a 16 year old who thinks for herself navigating a privileged world, while those less privileged are far in her periphery.

    If you enjoyed Vox, this book should most definitely be on your radar. Lori Lansens has penned a thoughtful, important story of the haves and the have nots, and the repercussions of sharp income disparities, among several other hot button, critical topics. Just as with Christina Dalcher’s books, this felt real to me, like it could definitely happen. I also loved Rory, the endearing and smart main character. A well-done and powerful story that will appeal to fans of both adult and young adult fiction.

    I received a gifted copy. All opinions are my own.
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  • ReadYourselfHappy
    2.0 out of 5 stars A YA dystopian novel that ultimately fell flat
    Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2020
    I kept seeing Lori Lansens’ This Little Light described as a dystopian novel, so I was excited to give it a shot. Dystopia, especially young adult dystopia, is a genre that has been done to death. Starting with The Hunger Games, there were years of YA dystopian novels being pushed by publishers, most of them not worth your time.

    I would love the genre to make a comeback, however, so I’m always on the lookout for something new. This Little Light is a very light dystopia, where Christian fundamentalists have gained power and abortion has become illegal.

    Two teenage girls, Rory and Fee, are forced to flee after an explosion at the American Virtue Ball they’re attending. The novel is told from Rory’s perspective, as she live-blogs the entire situation.

    The first thing I want to mention is that events like the American Virtue Ball actually happen. The point of these “Purity balls” is to promote abstinence and to promise your fathers and god that you’ll abstain from sex until marriage. Just like in This Little Light, fathers present their daughters with some kind of gift (ring, necklace, etc.) in exchange for their daughters promising a vow of chastity to their fathers. I’m not going to get really deep into this, except to say that it creeps me out, women are not possessions of men, and that abstinence doesn’t work.

    The blog format was interesting. On the one hand, it propels the narrative forward and portrays a sense of panic to the reader. At the same time, however, I found it irritating. Rory would write things like:

    “Holy shit. Just heard something, and it wasn’t the wind. There’s a truck on the road, and it’s coming this way.”

    I find it to be unrealistic that someone would type that instead of just jumping up to investigate, especially when they’re literally being hunted by bounty hunters. I understand why Lori Lansens went with this format because, again, it does add a sense of urgency to the story, but it would have worked just as well as a more typical first-person narrative.

    The biggest issue I had with this novel is that the reaction to the book’s inciting event is excessive and it requires a suspension of disbelief. There’s a small explosion at the American Virtue Ball (where no one is killed) and the person running the show (whose name is Jagger Jonze, by the way) puts up a million-dollar bounty to track Rory and Fee down. There’s no real evidence that they’re responsible for the explosion, and I found it hard to believe that the entire nation would rally behind this and start tracking down two teenage girls. For this level of reaction, something much bigger and more important should have occurred.

    I don’t know if this is because I’m getting old, but I struggled with Rory’s vernacular. The author is 58 years old but is writing from the perspective of a 16-year-old. Lansens uses a particular sentence structure over and over again that really annoyed me:

    “We live in Calabass, California, which is famous because Kardashians.”

    Maybe young people today do talk like that, but it bothers the crap out of me. Obviously, this is a personal preference, so it might not bother you at all, but “a because b” is not proper English.

    All of the characters in This Little Light are incredibly rich and privileged, which usually turns me off of a book. So I really appreciated that Lori Lansens wrote Rory to be hyper-aware of her privilege and how lucky she is compared to the majority of the world. It made her character a little easier to stomach.

    This isn’t a book that I can recommend. Much better options would be Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale or Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower, both novels that are highly deserving of your attention. I appreciate what Lori Lansens was attempting to with This Little Light, but it ultimately fell flat.
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  • Karlie
    4.0 out of 5 stars Dystopian femininst page turner
    Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2020
    "Like, there are seriously more books about how people can find personal satisfaction and happiness than there are books about how people can help other people find water and food."

    This Little Light was not at all what I was expecting.  It took a little while to get used to the writing style because it's written as the blog of a rich, teen girl.  However, once I got used to it, I couldn't put this book down. Lori Lansens tells the story of a group of teen girls, attending a private Christian school in a future USA where abortion has been banned nationwide.  Rory and Fe are on the run, being accused of setting off a bomb and working for the "red market". Everytime  I thought I knew where this story was going, another bomb was dropped (no pun intended). An absolute page-turner!
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  • Jessica Kafka
    4.0 out of 5 stars Original and unputdownable
    Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2020
    I could not put this book down because it was so good. I never knew what would happen next. Two teenage girls, Rory and Fee are hiding after a bomb explodes. Rory is blogging what is happening and what led them to this point. It keeps going back between the past in the blog and the present in a way that keeps you at the edge of your seat. This book was intense and brought up important issues from the eyes of a teenage girl.

    Some of my favorite parts include Rory discovering Fee's secrets in the present day while blogging in a shed. I enjoyed the interactions with Paula, a 10 year old girl that ends up hiding with them. Fee is very closed off from her best friend Rory, but she bonded with Paula and was able to focus on something other than what she was dealing with personally.

    Thank you Booktrib, NetGalley and ABRAMS for an Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review.
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  • M&M
    3.0 out of 5 stars Tad boring
    Reviewed in Canada on January 17, 2024
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    I have read all of this authors books and this has been my least favorite. I actually have been struggling to finish the last 80 pages. I just have no been pulled into this book at all.
    I sill loves this author and will read anything she puts out in the future but this was not a good one.
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