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Feb 28, 2015 Abby Johnson rated it really liked it

Shelves: diverse, teen

This book? Is a work of art. The metaphors leap off the page, glistening with color. Emotions, raw and heady, grip the reader and draw you right into the story. It's a story about love - all kinds of love: family love, romantic love, love of craft, passion for art... and what happens when these loves break apart. I think this is a book you could read again and again, taking something different from it each time. Huzzah for the 2015 Printz Committee. Well done, friends. ...more

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Dec 15, 2014 Renata rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, ya, lgbtq

MESSY CRYING FOREVER

Loved it. I loved The Sky is Everywhere too but I think this has more nuance to it, and the time jumps kept me engaged in both 13 y/o Noah's story and 16 y/o Jude's. Just a really lovely exploration of family, love, art, grief. A mess.

I've seen comments that the kids are too fancy-talking/pretentious but a) as you might know, I love a pretentious fictional teen b) ugh they go to ART SCHOOL in CALIFORNIA, they probably aren't pretentious ENOUGH.

A great one for fans of A. S. Ki ...more

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Jan 04, 2015 Ina rated it liked it

3.5 stars. Quite well written.

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Aug 14, 2015 Talia rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya-fiction

Noah and Jude are twins, close in their relationship and looking forward to the future together. Three years later, they are barely speaking to each other. This story of betrayal, love, and art jumps back and forth between two points in time and between Noah and Jude, each telling their side of a story, until everything meets together.

Wow, what a beautifully written story. There are plenty of lines to "chew over" and savor, and the characters are so well written, no one is unlikable or a cliche. ...more

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Jul 12, 2019 Sarah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. It was difficult to rate this book because I think the writing is gorgeous (I know some think it's overwrought - I disagree), but there are some issues with it that it should not have for the year it was written. On one hand, it's beautifully written. I think some of the beauty is that you could read this as a magical realism novel or a novel full of magical metaphors, and either one would probably be plausible. The premise in art makes it even more beautiful, and, for me, connected the story to ...more

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Oct 07, 2014 gwen g rated it it was ok

Shelves: ya

I'd heard about this on a podcast, and the NPR person recommended it so highly that I downloaded it on the spot in both audio and ebook, and proceeded to switch back and forth.

I... don't get it. This felt like YA with an emphasis on the Y -- emotionally overblown, so teenager-y and angsty. The descriptions of the artistic processes of the characters rang so hollow and false to me.

It also made me terrified to have a teenager someday. Good god, the DRAMA. ...more

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