emmsbookshelf 's review for:

When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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When the World Tips Over is a classic Jandy Nelson story, packed to the brim with a cast of wacky and unique characters who all bring their own unique sense of self and damaged pasts together to propel the story forward.

The first thing I will say is this story made me feel insanely emotional, in fact I think I was brought to tears by every piece of writing from Bernadette's point of view.  There was a lot of raw emotion in the story and it was written in a skilful manner that tore at my heart.  Additionally, the mode of writing really propelled the story along, through letters, emails, transcripts and the like, it made the story really interesting to read and changed things up a lot.  The plot of the story was wild, the connections and the twists and turns were insane.  I didn't see any of them coming and I feel like they fried my brain a little bit.

I really enjoyed this novel, each character had a really personal struggle.  I wish I had a little bit more closure on each of the characters at the end, I would've liked a little more time with all the Falls, just to make sure they were ok, because quite frankly I feel like they've been through enough.

Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Teen for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review, these thoughts are all my own.