Ask the Passengers
A.S. King,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
A.S. King,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780316194686
Publish date: 23-10-2012
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Edition language: English
This book took some time to get into. I loved the idea of Astrid sending her love up to the passengers. I especially loved that we got snippets of what the passengers were doing when they received Astrid's love. It really turned for me when she decided to stop being a pushover, that's when it became...
3.5ish stars. The story of a small town girl coming to grips with her sexuality is not new, and this version is not particularly original, but I did enjoy taking the journey with Astrid Jones. The magical realism bits were a poignant and refreshing break from the confusion and angst of Astrid's real...
I may bump this up to a 5 after I sit with it for awhile, but as always, AS King wins.
Find more of my reviews at http://www.readingangel.comA.S. King is an author that is on my auto-buy list. I've read all but one of her books so far, and have yet to be disappointed. A.S. King has a way to make her words flow so smoothly, yet still gets across all the emotion you could ever hope fo...