A review by elisquared
Above by Leah Bobet

3.0

This was one of the debuts of 2012 I was looking forward to. The cover is gorgeous and the premise sounds intriging. When I read it, the book was still those things, but it was also confusing and slow. Above has all this amazing potential, but it falls flat for me. The writing is heavy with the narration creating a confusing line of time. I get that Leah Bobet was experimenting with style choices, but I think it only detracted from the story. The action often drags, and there are long periods of down time with overly expalnaied backstory. When the action does happen it is often hard to follow. Overall, Above was not a book for me. I appreciated the effort, and I'm sure some will fall in love, but I couldn't get behind it.