izzymendes 's review for:

Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen

5.0

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Update: Two years later, and this book lives within me like a vital organ. I’ve recommended it to countless friends—my favourite responses include, “I love you even more for recommending me this,” and, over chat at 3 a.m., “Hi. I’m crying so much right now. What the fuck is wrong with you?”. Her Name in the Sky proves again and again that it is a force to be reckoned with: a book that suckerpunches you with emotion, and then begs for thanks. I love it. I will never reread it, because every time I try to, I cry over the first line—but it remains one of my favourite novels of all time.

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"Love ultimately wins, Hannah. Love ultimately saves."

Her Name In The Sky shattered me as easily as a hammer would glass. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book as beautiful as this. It’s so... uncontainable. It’s tears and laughter and swooning and friendship and everything I’ve ever wanted. It grips your heart and clenches it. It tore me apart. It’s vibrant and vivid. It's perfect.

Going into this, I expected a fluffy, friends-to-lovers rom-com style novel. This is obviously not that. It's two girls, coming together and fucking up and breaking apart and making up and just realizing how connected they are. How much they need each other.

This is my favourite book of all time. Read it, if you can. It'll change your world.

TW: Homophobia