![]() Title track of bands fourth album has spawned more than 5 million videos about social. McNamara ( Lovely, Dark, and Deep) gives readers a quiet, brooding story of friendship and learning when it’s time to let go. How MGMTs Little Dark Age Became an Unstoppable TikTok Meme. Evie’s penchant for making maps-of neighborhoods, of people, of souls-adds complexity to her character, illustrating her need to make sense of the world while highlighting how devastating she finds Emma’s absence and self-destructive behavior. Readers will identify with Evie’s struggle to balance her desire to help her friend with her own needs and emotional health. Evie and Emma’s relationship is thoughtfully constructed the highs and lows of what has transformed into a twisted version of friendship are realistically rendered. ![]() In Emma’s absence, Evie meets Theo, an enigmatic boy with his own painful past who helps her in her quest to save Emma from herself. Evie grows frustrated by what she sees as Emma’s increasingly reckless behavior (sneaking out, partying, and dating older men). ![]() When I opened the book and began reading, I was hooked right away within two or three pages. It’s one of the most beautifully written books I’ve read in a very long time. Seventeen-year-olds Evie and Emma are best friends, but since the death of Emma’s brother in a drunk-driving accident, Emma has been spiraling out of control. I grabbed Lovely, Dark and Deep by Amy McNamara out of my stack of books on a whim, not knowing exactly the lasting effect the book would have on me. ![]()
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