A History of Wild Places

Copy/paste from BLC and added comments; This was quite an interesting book! First, I really enjoyed the way it's written, quite addicting I thought! I'd also agree that the 'magic' or ability that Travis had was not used enough, so I felt like it was.. 'useless', for this plot. I thought going in, Travis would be constantly using it throughout the book to better understand it and capabilities beyond what he can do and how to use it, which I was excited for. Instead, it just came up in the beginning and at the end, and I feel like it could have probably just been taken out entirely, and the story would have still made sense. The build-up in Part 1 was great! Travis travels and shares his story of his father, his power, and his sister's death. But again, a great ability fell short as it was only brought up after (for him). I expected the story to further explain his ability, so I guess it's a good thing it gave me a totally different plot..? I'm not sure what to think. The fact that Levi used hypnosis to brainwash and control everyone.. I kind of guessed it by the end of Part 2 but I was still surprised lol I guess my theory behind the inkblot works! (loss of reality, psychosis, seeing unusual things, etc.) Frustrating that the mom kind of strongly nudged her daughter to go to Pastoral, but I'm glad Theo and Calla decided to stay together and continue with their 'new' life, leaving their old, painful past aside. Edit: Since it seems I missed the chuck at the ending, it brings the attention of what is happiness? Do you leave everything behind and back to a place where you were thinking who you actually weren't?