Alone With You in the Ether

4.5 - This book is so beautifully written, but unconventional in its execution of a love story. Both characters are neurodivergent (mood disorder and ASD), which makes the texture of their conversations, the exploration of their feelings and the trajectory of their unique relationship feel like a beautiful whirlwind you're lucky to be privy to.

This novel includes stage directions, changes in narrator, and frequent switches from first to third person. I have never read anything quite like this. Stunning story with insightful prose that often left me with my mouth wide open. I will be recommending this book to so many people!

Some standout quotes that are spoiler free are:

“There was wonder here, even if Regan no longer saw it. Even if she no longer felt it, he would feel it for both of them. He would translate it for her later. He would learn to draw it for her, he thought, or to write it, or graph it.”

“If I'm a lover of impossible problems then will you have loved me for my impossibilities, so tell me, Regan, what else matters but this, us?”