spepp reviewed I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson
Review of "I'll Give You The Sun" on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
7.5
371 pages
Published March 26, 2014 by Dial Books, Speak.
I'll Give You The Sun
by Jandy Nelson
4 stars
(3 reviews)
A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell
Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as someone else—an even more unpredictable new force in her life. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to one another, they’d have a …
A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell
Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as someone else—an even more unpredictable new force in her life. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to one another, they’d have a chance to remake their world.
This radiant novel from the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.
(Goodreads.com)
Ell reviewed I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson
Review of "I'll Give You The Sun" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Wow. Masterful, beautiful, delightful, wonderful. And also tough and sad and heartwrenching. What a book. It's not quite anything else I've ever read. It was rich and fantastical and whimsical and intense. The characters, their voices, the story, their growth, the unfurling of the plot...enthralling. Well-deserving of every praise that has been heaped upon it.
Wow.
