The Sky is Everywhere By Jandy Nelson
* * 1/2 out of 5 stars
The Sky is Everywhere is the story of Lennie. A girl living with her uncle and grandmother and her sister has just died. Her sister, Bailey, has left behind a fiancée named Toby. Lennie never understood what Bailey saw in Toby, but after Bailey's death, Toby and Lennie start to take comfort in each other, and not the kind of comfort brothers and sisters give each other. Enter Joe. An American boy raised in Paris, who is not only gorgeous but also very musically talented. And he wants Lennie, and Lennie really wants him too, in fact, shes in love with him. But the problem is that Toby is still around. What is a girl to do? Especially without the guidance of her older sister . . .
The Sky is Everywhere was nice, but predictable. The cast of characters, especially Lennie's grandmother and uncle were very charming. There wasn't really anyone bad in book, not a real antagonist or anything. And as far as the whole love triangle goes, I mean, come on . . . predictable! So it wasn't really a bad book, there just wasn't much special about it. Although if you are a Sarah Dessen fan, it's probably something you'd enjoy.
9 comments:
Sounds like a basic teen love triangle story with a dead sibling angle...you'll have to tell me how it ends!
Triangles are so predictable. Can't they come up with new shapes like squares or pentagons?
I agree with George, but pentagons? That could get messy.
There are too many girls who post on this thing... We really need more guys in this class and more GUY books!
Yeah it sounds pretty typical..
Aw, I wanted to read this, but sounds like something I can skip.
I might actually consider reading this.
We probably set a bad example for guys and now Ms Crawford won't want any more guys in her class. Ever
I have to agree that this book wasn't exactly a riveting thriller but I have a particular soft spot for it. I took the story from this book minus the love triangle and made it into my prose piece that I took to NFL State (NFL- National Forensics League aka Debate; forensics in this situation is referring to a form of acting). I believe the author had a good idea for a story and if you pick out bits and pieces you can still find that idea of a sister recovering from her shame and guilt over her sister's death but I didn't particularly like how the author added in a love triangle, making Lennie seem almost dependent on a boy to be able to move on from her sister.
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