All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton

3.91 AVERAGE

meldob's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous emotional hopeful tense 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

thistlereads's review against another edition

4.0
dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced
Weirdly odd 

jbash_lo_fi's review against another edition

3.0
I didn't love it, I didn't hate it. The story was somewhat predictable, especially towards the end. I thought Yukio in particular was a poorly written character and cliched.

zozosbooks's review

2.0
Sad because I wanted this to be as good as Boy Swallows Universe but it ended up just feeling like a book that was written by that kid in highschool that talks like they’re on broadway all the time

ebonykriewaldt's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous dark hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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marandi's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
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dbrhplcd's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I can't tell if I loved the narration style or if I thought it was a self-indulgent pretentious pseudo-deep drawl

It felt like a very long way to tell us "maybe the real treasure is the friends we met along the way ❤️"

Still – couldn't put this one down

I enjoyed the simplicity and repetition of the voice, it suited Molly the protagonist very well. Also the descriptions of the Top End landscape !!!!! stunning !!!!!

Minor issue with Yukio's characterisation. Were the ellipses between all his words necessary? Felt like a bad stereotype honestly.

kat7890erina's review against another edition

5.0
Just like Boy Swallows Universe, All Our Shimmering Skies gets off to a slow start. Stick with it.

stelhan's review against another edition

5.0
A brilliant ode to my greatest love - Australia

nicolemctye's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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: Yes