"I am crazy sad, and somewhere deep inside, all I want is to fly." - Jandy Nelson, The Sky is Everywhere
"That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet." Jandy Nelson, The Sky is Everywhere
The Sky is Everywhere is the story of a girl, recently sisterless, and forever trying to find her place is the world. Lennie Walker, 17, has just lost her out-going, dynamite sister, whose shadow she has always lived in. Now, left with her grandmother and crazy uncle, she is launched into a life where she can step out of the shadows and into the limelight. Her family and best friend support her, but she wants more. This is when her previously nonexistent love life changes completely. At this time, when she is supposed to be grieving, she finds herself torn and lusting after her sister's seductive ex-boyfriend Toby Shaw, and gorgeous, charismatic musician Joe Fontaine. This love triangle creates so much tension the sky itself may be ripped into pieces.
Lennie is a band geek, a book nerd, Wuthering-Heights-obsessed and a poet in hiding. In the book, her actions make her seem younger than she is which makes her seem very immature. There are times in the book when she does extremely stupid things and that made me extremely mad at her, and I felt the regret that she should have been feeling.
I thought this book was amazing. It is devastating, poetic and beautiful. I read this in about one or two days and was a very easy read. My friend read it too and she read it very quickly. She absolutely fell in love with Joe, as did I. But we bonded over our disappoint in Lennie and our hatred of Toby. I gave this book a 4/5 on Goodreads. My friend rated it 5/5. The average rating for this book on its Goodreads page is 4.05/5
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"That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet." Jandy Nelson, The Sky is Everywhere
The Sky is Everywhere is the story of a girl, recently sisterless, and forever trying to find her place is the world. Lennie Walker, 17, has just lost her out-going, dynamite sister, whose shadow she has always lived in. Now, left with her grandmother and crazy uncle, she is launched into a life where she can step out of the shadows and into the limelight. Her family and best friend support her, but she wants more. This is when her previously nonexistent love life changes completely. At this time, when she is supposed to be grieving, she finds herself torn and lusting after her sister's seductive ex-boyfriend Toby Shaw, and gorgeous, charismatic musician Joe Fontaine. This love triangle creates so much tension the sky itself may be ripped into pieces.Lennie is a band geek, a book nerd, Wuthering-Heights-obsessed and a poet in hiding. In the book, her actions make her seem younger than she is which makes her seem very immature. There are times in the book when she does extremely stupid things and that made me extremely mad at her, and I felt the regret that she should have been feeling.
I thought this book was amazing. It is devastating, poetic and beautiful. I read this in about one or two days and was a very easy read. My friend read it too and she read it very quickly. She absolutely fell in love with Joe, as did I. But we bonded over our disappoint in Lennie and our hatred of Toby. I gave this book a 4/5 on Goodreads. My friend rated it 5/5. The average rating for this book on its Goodreads page is 4.05/5
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