Astrid is a high school senior trying to find an answer to the biggest question imaginable. Is she or isn’t she? While struggling to find the answer of what to do with her love, she opts not to waste it and sends it away to passengers in planes she sees overhead. I’m so glad there are YA authors ...
Let me first tell you about "The Cave Allegory" in The Republic By by Plato, and then I will get to how this figures in with my review. The primary premise is that there are people chained to a wall who can only see shadows on that wall. The shadows on that wall is their reality and all they know. I...
I've heard so many awesome things about A.S. King that I had a lot of trouble picking which of her books I wanted to read first, but there was something about the synopsis that kept drawing me back to Ask the Passengers. And I can say that I definitely wasn't disappointed with my choice.Astrid is a ...
I had heard such great things about this book so I was very happy when a copy ended up in my hands. And let me tell you, those people that gush about this story didn't lie. It really is as great as they say it is. Astrid was just utterly enjoyable.She was just one of those characters that you immedi...
The GoodThe attention to detail. The way King describes everything--actions, settings, people, situations--is artful and makes you feel like you're looking at a picture rather than reading a book.The imperfections. Astrid's family is broken in a very relatable way--she and her sister have drifted ...
"I start to feel resentful. You mean to tell me it's 2011 and this guy gets paid to have remedial talks with high school students about how they shouldn't hate other people? Isn't this elementary? Shouldn't it be automatic? What kind of species are we if we gave to have people come talk to us about ...
Ask The Passengers is essentially about being gay in a small town. Astrid is not only discovering she is gay but is attempting to find her place in the world in general. Overall I felt the book to be boring but I acknowledge that it has a good message. It would be good for teens needing lessons in a...
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