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Under Rose-Tainted Skies
by Louise Gornall
"We can assume the best, but we can't choose how people perceive us. We can, however, choose how those views affect us."
Under Rose-Tainted Skies is the story of Norah, who suffers from agoraphobia. She lives with her mother, who home schools her, when one day, Luke moves in next door with whom Norah eventually falls in love.
There was a lot to like about this book. Mainly the portrayal of mental illness. Especially the preconceptions people have about mental illnesses, and the way people, who suffer from them, expect those preconceptions from other people.
Norah, overall, is a very likeable character, even though, being with her in her head is quite exhausting and frustrating. I feel like, that, underlined the struggle of living with agoraphobia all the more.
Her mother was another character I really liked as well.
Luke, like a lot of love interests in YA contemporaries, fell a bit flat for me. It felt like there wasn't much to his character, besides being the love interest and really understanding.
The ending, in my opinion, also wasn't perfect. I feel like every story about a character with agoraphobia, ends with something drastic happening, that forces the character out of the house. Here it is the intruder in the house, in [b:Highly Illogical Behavior|26109391|Highly Illogical Behavior|John Corey Whaley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1447262135s/26109391.jpg|46054780] it was the main character's grandmother being in the hospital.
I feel like I would really enjoy a novel about agoraphobia, that finds another way to end things, besides forcing them out of the house by any means.
I rated it 3 out of 5 stars.
Under Rose-Tainted Skies is the story of Norah, who suffers from agoraphobia. She lives with her mother, who home schools her, when one day, Luke moves in next door with whom Norah eventually falls in love.
There was a lot to like about this book. Mainly the portrayal of mental illness. Especially the preconceptions people have about mental illnesses, and the way people, who suffer from them, expect those preconceptions from other people.
Norah, overall, is a very likeable character, even though, being with her in her head is quite exhausting and frustrating. I feel like, that, underlined the struggle of living with agoraphobia all the more.
Her mother was another character I really liked as well.
Luke, like a lot of love interests in YA contemporaries, fell a bit flat for me. It felt like there wasn't much to his character, besides being the love interest and really understanding.
The ending, in my opinion, also wasn't perfect. I feel like every story about a character with agoraphobia, ends with something drastic happening, that forces the character out of the house. Here it is the intruder in the house, in [b:Highly Illogical Behavior|26109391|Highly Illogical Behavior|John Corey Whaley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1447262135s/26109391.jpg|46054780] it was the main character's grandmother being in the hospital.
I feel like I would really enjoy a novel about agoraphobia, that finds another way to end things, besides forcing them out of the house by any means.
I rated it 3 out of 5 stars.