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A review by maddiemcevoy
And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness
5.0
I adore Patrick Ness. Despite this, I wasn't expecting to like this book. I don't know why I ever thought a Patrick Ness book wouldn't be good. All I knew about this prior to reading it was that it had something to do with Moby Dick and I don't like Moby Dick very much (I've never read it in full so I probably shouldn't be making judgements) so I expected that I wouldn't like this very much.
This was incredible. I can understand why people wouldn't enjoy this book, but I think it's the same reason people don't like The Rest of Us Just Live Here, or More Than This-- because they expect it to be something it isn't.
And The Ocean Was Our Sky isn't a full length novel, and I've read a lot of reviews angry that it isn't a full length novel. It's basically a fairy-tale-esque short story about whales. It doesn't go too in depth about the characters, story, or world. It doesn't need to. This book is one of the tightest stories I've ever read. It's powerful and beautiful, and says everything it wants to say in less than 200 pages.
I loved it. Patrick Ness is never going to let me down.
This was incredible. I can understand why people wouldn't enjoy this book, but I think it's the same reason people don't like The Rest of Us Just Live Here, or More Than This-- because they expect it to be something it isn't.
And The Ocean Was Our Sky isn't a full length novel, and I've read a lot of reviews angry that it isn't a full length novel. It's basically a fairy-tale-esque short story about whales. It doesn't go too in depth about the characters, story, or world. It doesn't need to. This book is one of the tightest stories I've ever read. It's powerful and beautiful, and says everything it wants to say in less than 200 pages.
I loved it. Patrick Ness is never going to let me down.