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A review by emmayvonne
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
3.0
I feel nothing. I thought that by the end of this i would feel inspired, uplifted. I feel nothing. We All Looked Up was not what i expected it to be. I thought it would be filled with bucket lists, and poetic writing. I thought it would contain chapters where they are all looking up at the sky (like the cover), and start coming out with metaphors and beautiful quotes. It wasn't like that at all. And i don't know if the story is better or worse because of it.
The character of Eliza had to be my favourite, i think it's because i identified the most with her, i too have had to deal with the 'slut' label. All the way through i was rooting for her, she was so real to me, the way she though and acted, and her philosophy. Everything is an event.
I disliked Peter immensely, maybe 80% of the time. I hated how he let Stacy bully Eliza, and i hated how he refused to break up with Stacy despite the lack of love. What i hated the most, was how he idolized Eliza. He turned her from her own independent person, to his own Manic Pixie Dream Girl. He grew on me towards the end, the love for his sister made me warm up to him
Andy was a whole different story, i still don't know how i felt about him, like Peter he was obsessed with Eliza, however Andy's was worse, and it was kind of creepy. I like how he defied the whole 'druggy' stereotype. My favourite relationship was the one shared between Andy and Anita.
I had mixed feelings about Anita. At first i totally identified with her. The pressures placed on us by our parents are horrid, and damaging. However, i grew bored of her after she started slut-shaming Eliza. She was jealous of Eliza which is sad, but that doesn't mean she gets to call her a slut, and hate her for it. Anita always talked about how slutty Eliza dressed and how the boys acted around her, it got on my nerves. I started liking her more towards the end though.
We All Looked Up really makes you think about the way you're currently living your life and the people you spend it with. I hope people realize that life can be taken away at any given moment, so like Anita you should chase your dreams (or anything as cheesy as that).
The character of Eliza had to be my favourite, i think it's because i identified the most with her, i too have had to deal with the 'slut' label. All the way through i was rooting for her, she was so real to me, the way she though and acted, and her philosophy. Everything is an event.
I disliked Peter immensely, maybe 80% of the time. I hated how he let Stacy bully Eliza, and i hated how he refused to break up with Stacy despite the lack of love. What i hated the most, was how he idolized Eliza. He turned her from her own independent person, to his own Manic Pixie Dream Girl. He grew on me towards the end, the love for his sister made me warm up to him
Spoiler
But then that was all shot to hell when he died. I didn't even realize he had died until Eliza told Chad, and i hated that the most in the book, i wanted them to ALL be together for the end of the world, so the lack of Peter spoiled the ending for meAndy was a whole different story, i still don't know how i felt about him, like Peter he was obsessed with Eliza, however Andy's was worse, and it was kind of creepy. I like how he defied the whole 'druggy' stereotype. My favourite relationship was the one shared between Andy and Anita.
I had mixed feelings about Anita. At first i totally identified with her. The pressures placed on us by our parents are horrid, and damaging. However, i grew bored of her after she started slut-shaming Eliza. She was jealous of Eliza which is sad, but that doesn't mean she gets to call her a slut, and hate her for it. Anita always talked about how slutty Eliza dressed and how the boys acted around her, it got on my nerves. I started liking her more towards the end though.
Spoiler
I'm glad that we never knew for sure whether or not Ardon destroyed the world, i liked the open ending. I also loved the amount of philosophy brought into this book.We All Looked Up really makes you think about the way you're currently living your life and the people you spend it with. I hope people realize that life can be taken away at any given moment, so like Anita you should chase your dreams (or anything as cheesy as that).