A review by laurenbachman7
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach

1.0

 This book just got worse as I continued reading. I read this book around the age of 15 and remember liking it enough. Re-reading it now in my 20s, I can only imagine someone in the early teens demographic liking it. It was just so immaturely written with poor stereotypical portrayals. It was almost painful to see how stereotypes were "broken" only in the most stereotypical ways. The characters felt like a forced attempt on philosophy that was so cheesy that only young teens would probably buy into any of the messages this book had. But the worst part was the overall plot. It was so incredibly unrealistic and random, it felt like reading a Riverdale episode. I found myself repeatedly thinking "there's no way," and then it just got more unbelievable. I feel like this book had a promising premise and backbone idea, but the actual execution was less than tacky. Consider me disappointed.