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A review by lightqueer
Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa
5.0
*NOT SPOILER FREE*
this book was so, so wonderful to read. maybe i'm just pessimistic, but i spent the entire novel waiting for something to go wrong with mat and jules. the fact that they made it through jules' senior year, that they had such supportive families, that they grew the way they did... it was extremely beautiful to see. moreover, jules had such amazing and well-rounded friends to be by his side; seeing jordan, lou, itzel, and roe support him the way they did was heartwarming to the extreme. xo also was an amazing, incredible character to see, being a big sister myself to a messy 18 year old.
one last thing i will say about 1500 miles is that i am beyond glad that jules moved on from his father. i find that sometimes queer novels are unrealistic to me in that sense, when the parent turns out accepting and ready to understand by the end of it because, in reality, change is not that simple. it was refreshing and validating to see this progression in jules' story.
nothing about 1500 miles was predictable and i saw none of it coming, but i am so glad that i got to go on this journey with jules and mat and all the gang.
this book was so, so wonderful to read. maybe i'm just pessimistic, but i spent the entire novel waiting for something to go wrong with mat and jules. the fact that they made it through jules' senior year, that they had such supportive families, that they grew the way they did... it was extremely beautiful to see. moreover, jules had such amazing and well-rounded friends to be by his side; seeing jordan, lou, itzel, and roe support him the way they did was heartwarming to the extreme. xo also was an amazing, incredible character to see, being a big sister myself to a messy 18 year old.
one last thing i will say about 1500 miles is that i am beyond glad that jules moved on from his father. i find that sometimes queer novels are unrealistic to me in that sense, when the parent turns out accepting and ready to understand by the end of it because, in reality, change is not that simple. it was refreshing and validating to see this progression in jules' story.
nothing about 1500 miles was predictable and i saw none of it coming, but i am so glad that i got to go on this journey with jules and mat and all the gang.