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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...
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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...
The Page SageAstrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother's pushiness and her father's lack of interest tell her they're the last people she can trust. Instead, Astrid spends hours lying on the backyard picnic table watching airplanes fly overhead. She doesn't know the passen...
I have such an odd relationship with this book. On one hand, I loved it, just as I’ve loved King’s other novels. On the other hand... while it does do a very good job of portraying a gay teen and the hurdles that it can throw at you, it also doesn’t acknowledge some of the things that come with it a...
I had two issues with this book:1. I kinda hated the passengers' interludes (with the possible exception of the last one.) Sappy McSap.2. Complete lack of the word bisexual. Granted, like all labels, bi is a box, even if it's a box I'm perfectly happy to be in. But the fact that no one, not once, us...
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