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A review by eloracookauthor
Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman
5.0
Oh my god. OH MY GOD. I haven't felt this emotional over a book in so long - especially not a YA contemporary. This book is half heartbreaking, half beautiful and I'm convinced Bowman concocted true, genuine magic into this story. I really don't know how to put into words how much I love this book, everything about it is perfect and beautiful and....*weeps*.
1) Jamie is 100% book boyfriend material. Full stop. (Can I yank him out into my life please?)
2) Bowman's use of words to describe drawings are everything. I stopped and reread many of them over the course of the story.
3) It struck a deep cord with me, what Kiko went through. I too have social anxiety, but I never realized to the extent I have it until Bowman described in such exact ways what I've experienced and felt over the years....But also the relationship with her mother struck deep, too. I am blessed to have parents who are loving and supportive of me, but I do have someone close who has grown up with the same type of mother-daughter relationship as Kiko and it broke my heart from chapter 1 to see him in Kiko.
If you haven't read this yet, what are you waiting for? Seriously? I'm a picky reader and this book has ripped out my emotions without any warning, but I don't mind at all.
1) Jamie is 100% book boyfriend material. Full stop. (Can I yank him out into my life please?)
2) Bowman's use of words to describe drawings are everything. I stopped and reread many of them over the course of the story.
3) It struck a deep cord with me, what Kiko went through. I too have social anxiety, but I never realized to the extent I have it until Bowman described in such exact ways what I've experienced and felt over the years....But also the relationship with her mother struck deep, too. I am blessed to have parents who are loving and supportive of me, but I do have someone close who has grown up with the same type of mother-daughter relationship as Kiko and it broke my heart from chapter 1 to see him in Kiko.
If you haven't read this yet, what are you waiting for? Seriously? I'm a picky reader and this book has ripped out my emotions without any warning, but I don't mind at all.