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"A haunting and uplifting novel about bereavement and living again." (The Bookseller)"
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A vibrant, deeply romantic and unmissable debut.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Have you ever loved a book from the first chapter? Been tugged in, heart-first, feet flapping last, straight inside a book?
I fell in love with this book so much I'm considering buying the UK paperback release (mine's a proof copy), because it's so beautiful and will hold up better to the inevitable heartfelt re-readings. What this book really needs, though, is waterproofing.
I don't cry at books, as a rule. I don't cry over plots, or characters, no matter how much I love them. There are moment that have made me teary - the Weasley twins' sacrifice, the ghostly return of Piccadilly in The Deptford Mice Trilogy, Mole smelling his own, forgotten little home, but nothing has made me cry. At least, nothing until The Sky is Everywhere.
I had to leave my garden and hide indoors, for fear that my neighbours would notice I was sobbing into a paperback. Nelson effortlessly sculpts the absent character of Bailey, weaving her into every line so that each reminder of her death comes as a shock, so though she it yanking out a little of your stuffing. The reader knows that Bailey is dead from the first page, we never meet her, so how is it that she can hold my heart (and my tear ducts) under such control?
For all it is a terribly sad book, this is also a wonderfully happy, and beautiful, book. There is a funny, silly, heartfelt mysticism in Lenny's life, which is populated with wonderful characters. Nelson's skill is in creating characters who are full and whole, never a caricature, nor a sketch. Each one smiles on the page, and you come to care deeply for the twists and turns of their lives.
Nelson's skilled, brilliant characters make the leaping, joyful romantic collisions a thing of wonder; aforementioned peeking neighbours must also have wondered why I was smiling, possibly even laughing, at my book. The contrast between the elated, unexpected highs of first love and the sudden, crushing reminders of grief make this an incredible book, and a real treasure. I think this book deserves to become a classic; I'll be watching Nelson's progress with interest (and tissues).
I fell in love with this book so much I'm considering buying the UK paperback release (mine's a proof copy), because it's so beautiful and will hold up better to the inevitable heartfelt re-readings. What this book really needs, though, is waterproofing.
I don't cry at books, as a rule. I don't cry over plots, or characters, no matter how much I love them. There are moment that have made me teary - the Weasley twins' sacrifice, the ghostly return of Piccadilly in The Deptford Mice Trilogy, Mole smelling his own, forgotten little home, but nothing has made me cry. At least, nothing until The Sky is Everywhere.
I had to leave my garden and hide indoors, for fear that my neighbours would notice I was sobbing into a paperback. Nelson effortlessly sculpts the absent character of Bailey, weaving her into every line so that each reminder of her death comes as a shock, so though she it yanking out a little of your stuffing. The reader knows that Bailey is dead from the first page, we never meet her, so how is it that she can hold my heart (and my tear ducts) under such control?
For all it is a terribly sad book, this is also a wonderfully happy, and beautiful, book. There is a funny, silly, heartfelt mysticism in Lenny's life, which is populated with wonderful characters. Nelson's skill is in creating characters who are full and whole, never a caricature, nor a sketch. Each one smiles on the page, and you come to care deeply for the twists and turns of their lives.
Nelson's skilled, brilliant characters make the leaping, joyful romantic collisions a thing of wonder; aforementioned peeking neighbours must also have wondered why I was smiling, possibly even laughing, at my book. The contrast between the elated, unexpected highs of first love and the sudden, crushing reminders of grief make this an incredible book, and a real treasure. I think this book deserves to become a classic; I'll be watching Nelson's progress with interest (and tissues).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I began writing little notes to myself on the back of receipts and scraps of paper while reading 'The sky is everywhere' about how this book made me feel.
Exhibit A: 'I want to be this book, bursting with this much life, emotion, beauty.'
Exhibit B: 'This book is like some mad scientist has managed to capture the pure essence of life and bottle it up and as you're reading it's spilling out all over you, drenching you in light and warmth and longing and love and everything that is magical and mysterious and fantastic about being alive.'
Exhibit C: 'This book is like being sixteen and eating the best vanilla malt milkshake ever made.'
I think this is possibly my favourite book EVER! Reading this book is like taking a bath in starlight.
Claire Merle, YA author.
Exhibit A: 'I want to be this book, bursting with this much life, emotion, beauty.'
Exhibit B: 'This book is like some mad scientist has managed to capture the pure essence of life and bottle it up and as you're reading it's spilling out all over you, drenching you in light and warmth and longing and love and everything that is magical and mysterious and fantastic about being alive.'
Exhibit C: 'This book is like being sixteen and eating the best vanilla malt milkshake ever made.'
I think this is possibly my favourite book EVER! Reading this book is like taking a bath in starlight.
Claire Merle, YA author.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Lennie Walker has always felt safe in her sister's shadow; with Bailey there Lennie could float through life without having to worry too much about being the center of attention. So when Bailey dies, the bottom of Lennie's world falls from underneath her and she suddenly finds herself very much the center of attention and doesn't know how to deal with it, particularly when it appears that she has two boys to choose from. There's Toby, but what kind of girl falls for her sister's boyfriend; her dead sister's boyfriend, no less? Then there's Joe, the new boy in town with a grin the size of America. But how can Lennie be falling in love when her sister Bailey isn't around to witness it? But who is Lennie actually falling in love with? Toby or Joe?
I knew from reading the blurb of the book that the book dealt, as you can expect if you've read the blurb, with death and the aftermath of death and how it affected those left behind. Grief is always a difficult topic to write about and you certainly have to have a certain touch to pull off a book that deals with the aftermath of the death of a loved one. With The Sky Is Everywhere I thought Jandy Nelson did a fantastic job portraying just how confused Lennie was after the death of her sister, and best friend, Bailey. I truly didn't think the Lennie/Toby strand of the storyline would work; but it really really did. I thought I would find it disgusting and wrong and that it would tarnish Bailey's memory in some way, but Jandy handled it so well that although it was wrong on a lot of levels, it was also understandable; it made sense.
My absolute favourite favourite favourite (yes I just said favourite three times) part of the book was the blossoming relationship between Lennie and Joe. From that very first meeting, in the first few pages, I loved them together. They seemed to spark off each other so well and I loved that Joe called Lennie John Lennon. Their chemistry was fantastic and they're almost certainly one of my favourite pair of characters that I've read in a long, long time. Of course, with Lennie having to decide between both Toby and Joe there was bound to be some sort of huge part in the middle where it all exploded and let me tell you, it was a good explosion. It was a good way for everything to pour out and boil over and although it was a bit sad, it also meant for a fantastic build up to the end of the book.
The Sky Is Everywhere is a truly fantastic read. Jandy Nelson writes so beautifully that once I managed to sit down and get stuck into the book, I barely wanted to put it down. She writes from Lennie's point of view incredibly well and Lennie's voice is just fantastic. Jandy has put a note in the advance copies of the book saying that she herself lost someone important to her around about Lennie's age so it means she's able to write grief very very well, as I said. There are a lot of kooky elements to the book all of which add up to make a totally fantastic debut novel. I truly hope Jandy is currently working on her second book, I for one will be snapping it up as soon as it's physically possible. I hugely recommend The Sky Is Everywhere, it's a fab read.
I knew from reading the blurb of the book that the book dealt, as you can expect if you've read the blurb, with death and the aftermath of death and how it affected those left behind. Grief is always a difficult topic to write about and you certainly have to have a certain touch to pull off a book that deals with the aftermath of the death of a loved one. With The Sky Is Everywhere I thought Jandy Nelson did a fantastic job portraying just how confused Lennie was after the death of her sister, and best friend, Bailey. I truly didn't think the Lennie/Toby strand of the storyline would work; but it really really did. I thought I would find it disgusting and wrong and that it would tarnish Bailey's memory in some way, but Jandy handled it so well that although it was wrong on a lot of levels, it was also understandable; it made sense.
My absolute favourite favourite favourite (yes I just said favourite three times) part of the book was the blossoming relationship between Lennie and Joe. From that very first meeting, in the first few pages, I loved them together. They seemed to spark off each other so well and I loved that Joe called Lennie John Lennon. Their chemistry was fantastic and they're almost certainly one of my favourite pair of characters that I've read in a long, long time. Of course, with Lennie having to decide between both Toby and Joe there was bound to be some sort of huge part in the middle where it all exploded and let me tell you, it was a good explosion. It was a good way for everything to pour out and boil over and although it was a bit sad, it also meant for a fantastic build up to the end of the book.
The Sky Is Everywhere is a truly fantastic read. Jandy Nelson writes so beautifully that once I managed to sit down and get stuck into the book, I barely wanted to put it down. She writes from Lennie's point of view incredibly well and Lennie's voice is just fantastic. Jandy has put a note in the advance copies of the book saying that she herself lost someone important to her around about Lennie's age so it means she's able to write grief very very well, as I said. There are a lot of kooky elements to the book all of which add up to make a totally fantastic debut novel. I truly hope Jandy is currently working on her second book, I for one will be snapping it up as soon as it's physically possible. I hugely recommend The Sky Is Everywhere, it's a fab read.
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fantastic
this is a great book, very sad in places but really brings home the aftermath of her sisters death and the struggles the heroine has coming to terms with it. Read more
Published 1 day ago by H. O. Flynn
Wow...just wow
This is such an emotional book and had me crying at many points through out. I would recommend this heartwarming story about a girl who goes through the death of her sister. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Maya G
The sky is everywhere: a good, although heartwrenching book.
I first discovered this book, when i was scrolling through my friends list of sample books on her kindle. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sian<...>Lewis
Beautiful and Devistating
The blurb of the book is decieving - it makes the reader think that The Sky Is Everywhere is just another teenage girly romance book with no real purpose, and not in any way... Read more
Published 3 months ago by D. Andrews
A Beautiful Read
I thought this book was an amazing read, giving you an in depth insight into the extreme feelings of love and grief. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Evie.S
Stunning, colourful, magical
This book has to be my favourite book of all time, I have read it so many times now and it makes me feel happy and hopeful each and every time. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Loubee
Amazing
This book had me writing on random bits of litter, the whole time I was reading it! It was so simple, but made my laugh and cry in the space of it least 3 pages! Read more
Published 3 months ago by Banjo
Would recommend!
I bought this book for my daughter for Christmas and she absolutely loved it and said she would recommend to anyone!
Published 4 months ago by Kat
Simply beautiful
This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. The story and characters are still resonating with me several months after finishing it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Bee42
Incredible
This is a beautifully written book. I particularly loved how the author dealt with grief and kept its individuality to each character. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Stacey Kneale
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