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izzys_internet_bookshelf's review
2.0
2/5
Yeah, I'm not having a lot of luck with books lately. With this one in particular I wanted to like the characters, but I found it hard to. the overall plot didn't feel solid to me, and it was a bit hectic.
Yeah, I'm not having a lot of luck with books lately. With this one in particular I wanted to like the characters, but I found it hard to. the overall plot didn't feel solid to me, and it was a bit hectic.
ameserole's review
3.0
I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Starworld was really cute dammit. Yet, it somehow made me feel disappointed in how it ended? Not quite sure what the whole plan was here but damn, it just fell completely flat. I was underwhelmed and I'm not okay with this.
In this book, you will meet Sam and Zoe. I honestly really enjoyed their characters and was amazed with how two writers made everything flow nicely throughout the book. These two just sort of clicked with one another and it was nice to just sit back and watch what would happen. Well, until it ended and now I don't know what day, month, or year it is.
Throughout the book, you will definitely hit some bumps along the road of their adventure. I definitely wished things went differently in this book. Yes, with the ending but with other stuff as well (which I don't want to spoil dammit). Overall, I still enjoyed this book but hoped for a different outcome.
Starworld was really cute dammit. Yet, it somehow made me feel disappointed in how it ended? Not quite sure what the whole plan was here but damn, it just fell completely flat. I was underwhelmed and I'm not okay with this.
In this book, you will meet Sam and Zoe. I honestly really enjoyed their characters and was amazed with how two writers made everything flow nicely throughout the book. These two just sort of clicked with one another and it was nice to just sit back and watch what would happen. Well, until it ended and now I don't know what day, month, or year it is.
Throughout the book, you will definitely hit some bumps along the road of their adventure. I definitely wished things went differently in this book. Yes, with the ending but with other stuff as well (which I don't want to spoil dammit). Overall, I still enjoyed this book but hoped for a different outcome.
crankie36's review
5.0
It captured me from the first page. Hook, line, and sinker.
Coming in from a dual-perspective, this book gave you the true insight into the two main characters, the popular drama girl and the quiet art girl. It's a gorgeous LGBT story about two girls finding themselves and who they are. It never went the way I anticipated it to, and I loved it so much more because of that. The characters feel real, and their situations may be so far from my own, but I still felt as if I understood. I wanted to stand by their sides and help them fight the demons that kept swooping at them. It's honestly nothing like I've read before and I can't recommend this book enough.
Coming in from a dual-perspective, this book gave you the true insight into the two main characters, the popular drama girl and the quiet art girl. It's a gorgeous LGBT story about two girls finding themselves and who they are. It never went the way I anticipated it to, and I loved it so much more because of that. The characters feel real, and their situations may be so far from my own, but I still felt as if I understood. I wanted to stand by their sides and help them fight the demons that kept swooping at them. It's honestly nothing like I've read before and I can't recommend this book enough.
chelseakamm's review against another edition
2.0
If you read the description of this book and get all excited by the potential lady loving lady vibe, do not pick up this book. I feel like I've been queer-baited into reading this, and it made me super angry. Yes, one of the girls does fall for the other, but it is not reciprocated and she has her heart broken. Poor little lesbian with her misplaced affections. I felt like there was so much build up to this as a storyline, but the author backed down within the last 50 pages. I gave two stars because I did enjoy the writing and the storytelling and I absolutely loved Sam as a character. Mental and physical disabilities were portrayed really well and I was impressed by that. The queer-baiting is something I just couldn't get over, though.
judascomplex's review against another edition
4.0
I received a copy of this through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
I'm always up for a YA story of differing worlds - especially when it sounds like something from the Breakfast Club. This is the princess and the basket case, finding an unlikely friendship and figuring out where to go from there. And yes, there is a lot of this that is classic and predictable--but there is a surprisingly large amount of original stuff that keeps you on your toes.
I have to start off by saying this: I relate to Sam so hard. SO HARD. I was the outcast in high school, who only really got accepted at all once the rest of the school realized I had a talent. (For me, it was theatre. For Sam, it's art.) I spent most of this book doubled over in laughter, hearing my own high school voice in Sam. And back then, there was a piece of me that would have loved for one of the Popular Kids to suddenly notice me.
But true to real life, there is so much more to Zoe, and to Sam, than what the school sees. We see Zoe struggle with who she believes she needs to be, with her special needs brother, with her mother's diagnosis. On the other side, we see Sam struggle with her own identity, with her mother's obsessive personality, and with the fallout from her parents' divorce and her father's move. And it's only in the strange friendship between the two of them that either seem to find respite: in the land of make-believe they create, between the asterisks of text-conveyed actions.
*uses this as an example, in case the readers aren't familiar*
*spent way too much of my life talking like this*
*will stop now*
In their text adventures, they can escape the world around them--but only for a little while. And it's not long before the rest of the world starts to creep into their Starworld.
This is a refreshingly real YA novel, that could take easy ways out and doesn't, because the real world doesn't usually give you those options. There are hard decisions, mistakes made, messy endings. And when I was all set to be upset about how the book ends, we get the perfect epilogue to ease the way out of the book. It's touching and sad, it's hysterically funny and real, and if you've ever wanted to escape on the back of a burrito-eating dragon and fly away to a beach in the stars--well, you'll fit right in.
Rating: ****.5 - Very Highly Recommended
I'm always up for a YA story of differing worlds - especially when it sounds like something from the Breakfast Club. This is the princess and the basket case, finding an unlikely friendship and figuring out where to go from there. And yes, there is a lot of this that is classic and predictable--but there is a surprisingly large amount of original stuff that keeps you on your toes.
I have to start off by saying this: I relate to Sam so hard. SO HARD. I was the outcast in high school, who only really got accepted at all once the rest of the school realized I had a talent. (For me, it was theatre. For Sam, it's art.) I spent most of this book doubled over in laughter, hearing my own high school voice in Sam. And back then, there was a piece of me that would have loved for one of the Popular Kids to suddenly notice me.
But true to real life, there is so much more to Zoe, and to Sam, than what the school sees. We see Zoe struggle with who she believes she needs to be, with her special needs brother, with her mother's diagnosis. On the other side, we see Sam struggle with her own identity, with her mother's obsessive personality, and with the fallout from her parents' divorce and her father's move. And it's only in the strange friendship between the two of them that either seem to find respite: in the land of make-believe they create, between the asterisks of text-conveyed actions.
*uses this as an example, in case the readers aren't familiar*
*spent way too much of my life talking like this*
*will stop now*
In their text adventures, they can escape the world around them--but only for a little while. And it's not long before the rest of the world starts to creep into their Starworld.
This is a refreshingly real YA novel, that could take easy ways out and doesn't, because the real world doesn't usually give you those options. There are hard decisions, mistakes made, messy endings. And when I was all set to be upset about how the book ends, we get the perfect epilogue to ease the way out of the book. It's touching and sad, it's hysterically funny and real, and if you've ever wanted to escape on the back of a burrito-eating dragon and fly away to a beach in the stars--well, you'll fit right in.
Rating: ****.5 - Very Highly Recommended
kwillemsen25's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
jazzyjbox's review against another edition
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5