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A review by apishcan
This Is How We Fly by Anna Meriano
4.0
This Is How We Fly by Anna Meriano is about Ellen Lopez-Rourke, who has just graduated from high school and is looking forward to one last summer of hanging out with her best friends before they all split up to attend different colleges. A wrench is thrown in the plans when her parents ground her for the whole summer. The only time she is allowed out of the house is for Quidditch practice, a game Ellen just started playing at the beginning of the summer and instantly loved.
This book is rather deceptive. It tackles many different issues from familial communication to romantic communication to sexual orientation. So much of this book centered around mixed up messages and lack of communication.
Connie and Ellen’s dad did seem like they were being too harsh on Ellen. The glaring communication issues (especially from Connie) left me feeling slightly frustrated but I also remembered how it was when I was younger. Teenagers are frustrating beings to begin with. Connie’s lack of communication was not helpful and certainly created more problems then it solved. Meriano did an excellent job of showing how human’s are pretty terrible at communication, at every age.
Ellen was kind of annoying, as teenagers are sometimes, especially when they do not get their way. She was also passionate about her beliefs. I ended up liking her though, despite her mistakes and annoyances.
This book is for anyone who enjoyed Harry Potter and want a small dose of it in reality alongside some heartwarming coming-of-age teenage angsty lessons wrapped up in a lovely tale about one summer.
Overall 4/5
This book is rather deceptive. It tackles many different issues from familial communication to romantic communication to sexual orientation. So much of this book centered around mixed up messages and lack of communication.
Connie and Ellen’s dad did seem like they were being too harsh on Ellen. The glaring communication issues (especially from Connie) left me feeling slightly frustrated but I also remembered how it was when I was younger. Teenagers are frustrating beings to begin with. Connie’s lack of communication was not helpful and certainly created more problems then it solved. Meriano did an excellent job of showing how human’s are pretty terrible at communication, at every age.
Ellen was kind of annoying, as teenagers are sometimes, especially when they do not get their way. She was also passionate about her beliefs. I ended up liking her though, despite her mistakes and annoyances.
This book is for anyone who enjoyed Harry Potter and want a small dose of it in reality alongside some heartwarming coming-of-age teenage angsty lessons wrapped up in a lovely tale about one summer.
Overall 4/5