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Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

53 reviews

bannerheldhigh's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Breathtaking.

I don't know what else to say about it apart from I was desperate to know how it ended but also desperate for it to never end.

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filmnoirz's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

They’re both a little bit insufferable and pretentious but also deeply human and sympathetic. 100% made for each other. Olivie Blake has such a unique and beautiful writing style. me and who :(((

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brookesinfinitebooks's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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aseel_reads's review against another edition

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hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

the writing style at the start was a little hard to get through but thankfully that style was only at the start and end, otherwise it was pretty okay and easy to get used to. i liked the characters but i thought at times, their dynamics were a bit cliched or exaggerated, which was a pity

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shampainprblmz's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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kirkspockreads's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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cc_shelflove's review against another edition

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challenging slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Sooooooooo, yeah. I’m confused, and this book made me feel dumb. Consider this an extremely sophisticated version of All the Bright Places for grown-ups. I mean, EXTREMELY sophisticated. Our main characters are two truly troubled individuals: Aldo, a recovered addict obsessed with defining the mechanics of time travel, and Regan, a counterfeit artist undergoing court-ordered treatment for bipolar disorder. They meet in an art museum and agree to meet up again; only with a limit—six times, six conversations. The story is part Aldo and Regan falling in love and part Regan trying to navigate through life without the pills which were prescribed to her. But………..

Aldo is a mathematics PhD candidate. Unfortunately, his studies and obsessions bleed into the book, even though they are not the focus of the story. His ramblings of quantum groups and multiverses were so distracting, at times I felt like I was reading a science textbook. Again, there are SO MANY five star reviews for this book, so maybe I am just dumb! 😂 Idk, man. I wouldn’t recommend it. I am very much not sure what I even spent 262 pages reading. I did not feel any love, heartbreak, anguish, or connection at all.

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