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lorit1227's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail
lizmart88's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
maddiet425's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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
1.0
Really wanted to love this one, but in my opinion, it was pretty boring. I wasn’t able to connect with or understand the characters and since the book wasn’t at all plot driven, that made it difficult to get through.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Minor: Miscarriage
jen_again's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Grief, Infertility, and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use and Suicide
sarahgordon327's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I enjoyed the ending, but if I hadn’t been reading this with a friend, I may not have stuck around long enough to figure that out. Felt cliche and I really only enjoyed reading every other chapter, which is set in an earlier time and place than the rest of the book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
morethanmylupus's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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? No
4.0
"The air between us is not empty space."
This was a beautiful but sad book about how people find their way through grief and what gives people purpose after a big loss. I definitely see why this one is being turned into an Apple TV show.
This was a beautiful but sad book about how people find their way through grief and what gives people purpose after a big loss. I definitely see why this one is being turned into an Apple TV show.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
katiejohns'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? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, and Child death
megmccreery's review against another edition
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
I didn’t really enjoy this that much. It was a sad premise, but the emotion was severely lacking. I didn’t feel anything while reading this; no tears were shed. I didn’t connect to any of the characters, and I wish there was more about the other passengers because they weren’t developed enough. All the side characters were just checking off stereotypes.
The technical plane talk at the very end leading up the the crash was just a mood killer because it was so robotic to read. There was hardly any emotion.
I was just waiting for the other shoe to drop the whole time, and the whole plot was such a flat line. There was never a moment where I was moved or really felt that coming-of-age arc.
The technical plane talk at the very end leading up the the crash was just a mood killer because it was so robotic to read. There was hardly any emotion.
I was just waiting for the other shoe to drop the whole time, and the whole plot was such a flat line. There was never a moment where I was moved or really felt that coming-of-age arc.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Death
veronicatabor's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Child death
fearlesspkjimin's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
4.25
I knew this book was going to break me imto pieces, and it did, just not in the way I thought.
It was a slow reading, also because I've had less time to read it, but I loved every minute of it.
It's amazingly written and described, felt the anxiety of some specific moments, and even felt how with Edward's depression you lost track of time along with him, I loved seeing a new chapter and being like "what do you mean is already winter?", is the first book that has made me feel that.
Other thing I absolutely loved is how during the plane trip you could be inside everyone's minds, know a bit of their lives, their thoughts, their experiences, their last wishes, as short as the paragraphs of them could be they were strong enough to feel a connection with them and be heartbroken when /that/ happened. This book was amazing as well at describing grief.
I truly loved it, along with his growth and the decisions he was making, even how you could notice something changing with his friendship as the years passed but the books never being about JUST that, it never romantized the trauma, the healing, anything, which is something I found really important.
I would definitely recommend it to someone, as long as they don't get anxious easily with this sort of thing.
It was a slow reading, also because I've had less time to read it, but I loved every minute of it.
It's amazingly written and described, felt the anxiety of some specific moments, and even felt how with Edward's depression you lost track of time along with him, I loved seeing a new chapter and being like "what do you mean is already winter?", is the first book that has made me feel that.
Other thing I absolutely loved is how during the plane trip you could be inside everyone's minds, know a bit of their lives, their thoughts, their experiences, their last wishes, as short as the paragraphs of them could be they were strong enough to feel a connection with them and be heartbroken when /that/ happened. This book was amazing as well at describing grief.
I truly loved it, along with his growth and the decisions he was making, even how you could notice something changing with his friendship as the years passed but the books never being about JUST that, it never romantized the trauma, the healing, anything, which is something I found really important.
I would definitely recommend it to someone, as long as they don't get anxious easily with this sort of thing.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent