I'm starting at the end with my review because, for once, I read the Author's Note which was extremely powerful and clarified that this book is loosely based on real events. A real event that I knew nothing about and I'm glad this book was written and shed light on this situation.
This is a book which I'm not sure I would have picked up in all honesty had it not been for the hype on Bookstagram, but I'm really glad I did. One of the main reasons for this is that I hated it when people clapped when planes landed and it just reminded me of my ex 😂 But now that I've read this book, I view this entirely differently and I'm sure I'll smile when someone claps when the plane lands.
I haven't read a book written in verse for a while (since Black Flamingo which I adored), this one was on my list to read soon and I figured it would be a quick read to add another book to my total for the year.
I'm not usually a fan of reading the synopsis but I'm glad I did after the first 50 pages because I had no idea this was following two different people, Camino and Yahaira, and I was getting quite confused. I thought these were the names of places and we were following one character flying between them both. It might be completely obvious to other people though, and it definitely would have been obvious as the story progressed.
This was a great exploration of grief, made even better by the fact it was written in verse. And I loved the lesbian representation which I was slightly aware was there going into this book but I'd forgotten about in all honesty.
I haven't read a story like this one before; set in two entirely different places and with such an eventful timeline. I think this story will be one I think about for a while.
This is a book which I'm not sure I would have picked up in all honesty had it not been for the hype on Bookstagram, but I'm really glad I did. One of the main reasons for this is that I hated it when people clapped when planes landed and it just reminded me of my ex 😂 But now that I've read this book, I view this entirely differently and I'm sure I'll smile when someone claps when the plane lands.
I haven't read a book written in verse for a while (since Black Flamingo which I adored), this one was on my list to read soon and I figured it would be a quick read to add another book to my total for the year.
I'm not usually a fan of reading the synopsis but I'm glad I did after the first 50 pages because I had no idea this was following two different people, Camino and Yahaira, and I was getting quite confused. I thought these were the names of places and we were following one character flying between them both. It might be completely obvious to other people though, and it definitely would have been obvious as the story progressed.
This was a great exploration of grief, made even better by the fact it was written in verse. And I loved the lesbian representation which I was slightly aware was there going into this book but I'd forgotten about in all honesty.
I haven't read a story like this one before; set in two entirely different places and with such an eventful timeline. I think this story will be one I think about for a while.