Or what it feels like being hurt by a friend. We all know how it feels like drifting apart from someone who used to be a good friend. Which doesn’t mean there aren’t friendships like this out there, because there are. But if we look a bit deeper, friendships shouldn’t work like they work in this book. The Midnights was supposed to be about friendships, love, music, family and on the surface it is. And when things get out of her control – not that they were ever in her control in the first place – her way of dealing with stuff is not really dealing with them. Susannah somehow had become this selfish person who doesn’t really care about the feelings of others – or at least that’s what I thought. She makes new friends which means getting involved with a band she seems to be falling in love with about 3 different guys. The problem is that Susannah just makes one too many of those – from a hard working person who doesn’t like attending parties and who is generally reserved and cautious, becomes someone completely different. Going through a chance because of it is also something one would expect. Her emotions – grief, anger – are completely valid and normal. Once Susannah gets ripped out of her everyday life and placed in a completely new environment without a warning and is forced to deal with it, things start to get weird. That being said, let’s talk about the not so good.
I also liked Susannah up to about the 50% mark where things started to go in a way I didn’t like as much. Music is the bridge between the characters, it adds an extra layer to relationships – especially to Susannah’s relationship to her parents. I liked how the music played an important role aside from the fact Susannah gets involved with a band.
I also liked that there was no insta love here and that the story had more to it than which guy Susannah will fall in love with. The writing was pretty good, very easy to read and the descriptions were spot on.
And while my hunch was somewhat right, I ended up having conflicting feelings about it. The Midnights was one of those books that seemed interesting and not at all clichéd. There were a few that picked my interest which didn’t seem to be the typical YA book where the people fall instantly in love with each other and the plot is goddamn predictable. Back in the spring, I pore over lists of books featuring music, because I wanted to read something like that.
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