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A review by siobhano
The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
4.0
Jandy Nelson is my new John Green when it comes to YA heartbreak, the weirdness of life, love and death. (But "The Sky Is Everywhere" is not as good as "I'll give you the sun" or maybe I'm just overly hyped about the latter...)
Lennie has just lost her sister, the lively Bailey, and cannot cope with the grief. As their mother left them when they were small, she lives with her Gram and her uncle, whose way of expressing their grief differs from her needs. She does not know who she is without her sister while finding out that her sister kept secrets, major secrets, from her. Only her sister's boyfriend, Toby, seems to get her and their mutual understanding for their loss brings them closer together - closer than they should be. But Lennie has also met Joe, the new guy in the school band, who brings out the best in her, who makes her question who she wants to be and why. Lennon is torn between her awakening sexuality, grief, love, coming to terms with her loss, finding an identity without her sister, and growing up.
Even though the story has some YA tropes (hot damn gurl, you so beautiful, you're getting all the guys /// soooo cheesy sometimes geeez), I loved the messiness of all the relationships. Everything goes wrong that can go wrong, because people don't know what to do, how to cope. I love how Nelson crafts (partly) dysfunctional families and grief. I will sure read whatever she publishes next...
4,5 Stars
Lennie has just lost her sister, the lively Bailey, and cannot cope with the grief. As their mother left them when they were small, she lives with her Gram and her uncle, whose way of expressing their grief differs from her needs. She does not know who she is without her sister while finding out that her sister kept secrets, major secrets, from her. Only her sister's boyfriend, Toby, seems to get her and their mutual understanding for their loss brings them closer together - closer than they should be. But Lennie has also met Joe, the new guy in the school band, who brings out the best in her, who makes her question who she wants to be and why. Lennon is torn between her awakening sexuality, grief, love, coming to terms with her loss, finding an identity without her sister, and growing up.
Even though the story has some YA tropes (hot damn gurl, you so beautiful, you're getting all the guys /// soooo cheesy sometimes geeez), I loved the messiness of all the relationships. Everything goes wrong that can go wrong, because people don't know what to do, how to cope. I love how Nelson crafts (partly) dysfunctional families and grief. I will sure read whatever she publishes next...
4,5 Stars