A review by literaryjunkie
Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

If you are a fan of Sally Rooney's Normal People", you will enjoy this book! This book is very flowery in the language. It feels like poetry in a sense. I enjoy watching the complex relationship dynamic between the two main characters, Aldo and Regan. They both struggled with mental health problems, and they saw the world in a way that made sense to no one but them. Regan worked with art, but she rediscovered her love for creating it when she met Aldo. Aldo is a professional In theoretical math and is always using shapes and equations to make sense of the world. He was also trying to theoretically solve time travel. He made sense of Regan using equations, bees, and hexagons. People might view this book as pretentious (it is like a lot of Olivia Blakely's works), but it was done in a digestible way that turned out enjoyable through and through. 
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