The sky is everywhere

Honestly, being the shallow human being that I am, I picked up this book mainly because the cover is pretty. I went into this expecting a light read to take a break from all the fantasy books, but I was pleasantly surprised.

There's just something visceral about this book. It's filled with emotions so raw that it really hits me in the heart, even though I'm not particularly fond of Lennie nor do I find her easy to relate to. She's young, she doesn't know how to deal with her sister's death, and she makes a lot of stupid decisions, but I think that's what makes her real. Her romance with Joe takes off super fast, but it's still adorable... though I didn't really like how he brought Rachel into the messy drama.

While I think it's dumb for Lennie to get involved with her dead sister's boyfriend even though she's falling madly in love with someone else, I kind of understand why they ended up like that. I know how it feels to lose someone and have no one else who truly understand the loss. It's complicated, so while what Lennie did with Toby was definitely not right, I can't bring myself to hate her for it.

Well... either that, or I just like trainwrecks and messy human drama. Or both. Probably both.

Anyway, I really liked this book. The writing style is different, but beautiful. Not to mention the poems. Some of Lennie's poems are weird, some are awkward, but some are also touching and beautifully written. The handwritten poems alone make the physical book worth getting even though I'm running out of space.