Reviews - Her Name in the Sky

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Her Name in the Sky

Kelly Quindlen

4.22 AVERAGE

malaykaa16's review against another edition

4.0

it's very seven by taylor swift

alyzzalouis's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this so much. I love how natural their love felt and how it didn't click for me until it did. This was beautiful and angsty, but the happy ending is worth it all.

nat_lohhh's review against another edition

4.0

I had this book on hold from the library for a while and when it finally became available, I had completely forgotten where I had heard about it or what it was about. I started reading without looking into the synopsis or book jacket. Most likely for this reason, once I started getting into it and realized it would be a coming-of-age story with heavy Catholic themes, I started getting a little turned off.

However, it ended up being an interesting read that managed to hold my attention for an angsty and emotional ride. I found myself tearing up at parts, smiling at others, and once in a while, even flashing back to my own youth even though my own coming out/coming of age story was vastly different.

One thing that took me out of the book on several occasions - and this is likely just a personal preference - is that it is written in third person present tense. I didn't realize until I read this book, but apparently this is a style of narration I really do not like.

I also found there were parts that were a little preachy to me, but that's probably my agnostic view talking. I still appreciated some of the theories and introspection on Catholicism though.

wickedexile's review against another edition

2.0

good concept BUT shitty book, shitty plot, shitty characters, shitty friends, shitty relationships and the cherry on top CRINGY

izzymendes's review against another edition

5.0

Update: Two years later, and this book lives within me like a vital organ. I’ve recommended it to countless friends—my favourite responses include, “I love you even more for recommending me this,” and, over chat at 3 a.m., “Hi. I’m crying so much right now. What the fuck is wrong with you?”. Her Name in the Sky proves again and again that it is a force to be reckoned with: a book that suckerpunches you with emotion, and then begs for thanks. I love it. I will never reread it, because every time I try to, I cry over the first line—but it remains one of my favourite novels of all time.

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"Love ultimately wins, Hannah. Love ultimately saves."

Her Name In The Sky shattered me as easily as a hammer would glass. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book as beautiful as this. It’s so... uncontainable. It’s tears and laughter and swooning and friendship and everything I’ve ever wanted. It grips your heart and clenches it. It tore me apart. It’s vibrant and vivid. It's perfect.

Going into this, I expected a fluffy, friends-to-lovers rom-com style novel. This is obviously not that. It's two girls, coming together and fucking up and breaking apart and making up and just realizing how connected they are. How much they need each other.

This is my favourite book of all time. Read it, if you can. It'll change your world.

TW: Homophobia