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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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:
Yes
Finally a happy ending, its feels great to finish a book and not cry. I absolutely loved this book it was just so realistic besides the ghost. The characters were going through real things and had real feelings that I related to on a deep level. My favorite thing about this book is the imagery the way the author describes the statues and Noahs painting is so extraordinary I feel like she’s is giving me the sun, trees and the stars all at once. My favorite quotes from this book is “Quick make a wish. Take a(second or third or fourth) chance. Remake the world” and “We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.” and “"Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people," I say. "Maybe we're accumulating these new selves all the time." Hauling them in as we make choices, good and bad, as we screw up, step up, lose our minds, find our minds, fall apart, fall in love, as we grieve, grow, retreat from the world, dive into the world, as we make things, as we break things. He grins. "Each new self standing on the last one's shoulders until we're these wobbly people poles?" I love all of these quotes because they express the differences we have as human beings and how we can still all be connected by being in each stories and how in those stories we get as many chances as our grace allows us and it make me take solace in living and experiencing all the things the world has to offer.
For a school book, this wasn't bad at all. I absolutely hate analyzing novels for school since it takes the joy and fun out of reading, but this one managed to maintain it's fun and plot twists (ones I didn't even predict). It's a great book to get you out of your typical reading style and into something else.
Lite svår i början att tycka om, men sen slår det om och det blir alldeles förträffligt skinande underbart!
adventurous
dark
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
At age 13, the twins NoahandJude think they are the two halves of one soul. Noah has an incredible imagination and lives to draw. He can't fit in with the crowd his age, but Jude does so perfectly. She's the stereotypical California girl that surfs and has long blond hair. Their mother, who's a fine arts professor and an art critic, tells them she wants both of them to get into the state's best fine arts high school. Noah has one goal in life from then on, Jude doesn't seem to be that enthusiastic. At age 16, they're barely talking to each other, and we start to discover why.
Well, Nelson tried to deliver some solid themes: 1) the inseparable twins going through the pain of becoming separate individuals, 2) the complex effects that parents don't realize they have on their children, 3) sexuality and consent. I think Nelson got so carried away while trying to slowly reveal the mystery involving the mother and to make the chemistry between Jude and Oscar work that she missed the mark(s) by a mile. There are so many different things going on with Noah's and Jude's lives outside their home and inside it, Nelson has to juggle all these storylines. Yes, everything was very conveniently tied together in the end, but overall the story only dipped its toe in the themes I mentioned. There was so much potential that wasn't explored fully.
Unlike most reviewers, I did enjoy reading Noah's point of view and his colorful, imaginary description of real life. His passion for drawing and painting was refreshing, and his thoughts regularly included Jude, his twin who's supposed to be the other half of his soul. On the opposite side of the twins, I didn't like Jude's storyline at all. Those chapters turned the book into a simple YA book featuring the damaged teenage girl falling in love with the irresistibly charismatic but damaged teenage boy. Jude was supposed to be one half of the twins but there was no trace of Noah in her thoughts, reducing her storyline to just Oscar and her damaged-ness because of her mother's death.
Speaking of Oscar, everything about him was so forced and unoriginal. He was, of course, extremely attractive, and of course, he and Jude magically fell in love at first sight and knew each other was the one. Of course, he was heartbroken in some way and was feeling purposeless until he found Jude. Blech. Aside from Oscar, it was so obvious from the beginning that little details like the parrot was going to be tied into the ending in some way, it only added to that forced feeling.
Although it had its moments, overall I didn't feel the story flowed naturally, and was disappointed to see the initial themes abandoned.
Well, Nelson tried to deliver some solid themes: 1) the inseparable twins going through the pain of becoming separate individuals, 2) the complex effects that parents don't realize they have on their children, 3) sexuality and consent. I think Nelson got so carried away while trying to slowly reveal the mystery involving the mother and to make the chemistry between Jude and Oscar work that she missed the mark(s) by a mile. There are so many different things going on with Noah's and Jude's lives outside their home and inside it, Nelson has to juggle all these storylines. Yes, everything was very conveniently tied together in the end, but overall the story only dipped its toe in the themes I mentioned. There was so much potential that wasn't explored fully.
Unlike most reviewers, I did enjoy reading Noah's point of view and his colorful, imaginary description of real life. His passion for drawing and painting was refreshing, and his thoughts regularly included Jude, his twin who's supposed to be the other half of his soul. On the opposite side of the twins, I didn't like Jude's storyline at all. Those chapters turned the book into a simple YA book featuring the damaged teenage girl falling in love with the irresistibly charismatic but damaged teenage boy. Jude was supposed to be one half of the twins but there was no trace of Noah in her thoughts, reducing her storyline to just Oscar and her damaged-ness because of her mother's death.
Speaking of Oscar, everything about him was so forced and unoriginal. He was, of course, extremely attractive, and of course, he and Jude magically fell in love at first sight and knew each other was the one. Of course, he was heartbroken in some way and was feeling purposeless until he found Jude. Blech. Aside from Oscar, it was so obvious from the beginning that little details like the parrot was going to be tied into the ending in some way, it only added to that forced feeling.
Although it had its moments, overall I didn't feel the story flowed naturally, and was disappointed to see the initial themes abandoned.
dark
emotional
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:
Yes
something shifted inside me while reading this book. something moved my heart around and gave it more of what it didn't know it needed. something buried into me and i don't want to let it go.
this book climbs trees and shatters skies and remakes what you know of yourself, i think. it's good. it's so good.
this book climbs trees and shatters skies and remakes what you know of yourself, i think. it's good. it's so good.
