A review by erickaonpaper
Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i'm really struggling with rating this book! instinctually it feels like a 4, but i bump up against the use of the narrator voice and the back-and-forth of traditional use of he saids and she saids vs how blake formats conversations between aldo & regan speak. although i think that adds to the mania and the often descending and ascending moments they have. olivie sure writes good dialogue, though, and i'm certainly in awe of that. so much of this felt so personal, too, like olivie knew me and wrote me down. i know i've changed, though, because i would have sunk my teeth into this character and bit down. instead my teeth grazed and remembered i'm vegetarian now, i can't let myself indulge in this meat. 

think i'm landing at a 4, but be wary. love and love alone will not be the thing that buoys you, at least not in my opinion. this was sick, olivie blake. your game is recognized.
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