kade_spade 's review for:

All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton

2.5

adventurous challenging emotional 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

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I hated it, I liked it, I loved it, and then I hated it again! Such a unique book and a specific type of reader would love it. This book relies heavily of being “artsy”. It’s very poetic and symbolic and those just aren’t my type of books. However, I did find myself intrigued and couldn’t truly hate the book as I thought I was going to in the beginning. I’m very sad Yukio was used more as a plot device than a fully developed character because I really, really enjoyed him. I think if his character was more fleshed out I could’ve liked the book more. I half read, half listened to this book and I think it’s better listened to. Though the readers voice does begin to grate towards the end.