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I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
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it was amazing
bookshelves: queer, owned

“Maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people. Maybe we’re accumulating these new selves all the time. Hauling them in as we make choices, good and bad, as we screw up, step up, lose our minds, find our minds, fall apart, fall in love, as we grieve, grow, retreat from the world, dive into the world, as we make things, as we break things.”

This novel started out weird and confusing and colourful. It took me a while to adjust to the style of writing and a few pages in I finally started to understand what was actually going on. It was still weird and colourful, but not confusing anymore.
I fell in love with the characters, all of them. I normally have difficulties picturing a book's characters, like really seeing them in front of me, but not this time. I could actually perfectly imagine all of them, head to toe, and it was amazing.
There are so many thoughts in my head but I can't really put them into words, especially not in English words so let me just say that this book was beautiful, in every way.

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Reading Progress

April 4, 2015 – Shelved as: to-read
April 4, 2015 – Shelved
September 22, 2015 – Started Reading
September 22, 2015 –
page 45
12.13% "I feel kind of overwhelmed? As if there are just too many strange words and too many weird things happening and I don't really get the meaning. It's confusing"
September 24, 2015 –
page 225
60.65% "It's always those guys with the British accents, huh? Not that I would object"
September 24, 2015 – Finished Reading
November 12, 2015 – Shelved as: queer
August 21, 2017 – Shelved as: owned

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Ally aw, this made me happy.


message 2: by Kai (new) - rated it 5 stars

Kai Spellmeier Now that made me happy.


Ally Kai wrote: "Now that made me happy."

Hooray!


NerdyJediGymnast HAPPINESS


Isabelle This book is like a roller coaster of emotions to me. Every time I read about Noah and Brian, I get really happy and squeal and blush and it makes me so happy and warm and everything good but then I read about someone like Courtney or Heather (whom I do not like) and I get annoyed and then I read about 16 year old Jude and asshat-Noah and I want to cry because I want Noah to be cute and artsy again and sndnkwndowndksjdhdkenduej I love the book so much


message 6: by Kai (new) - rated it 5 stars

Kai Spellmeier Oh yes it really is an emotional ride 😄 I totally know what you mean


message 7: by Jol (new) - added it

Jol a "to-read" for me!


message 8: by Kai (new) - rated it 5 stars

Kai Spellmeier Jol wrote: "a "to-read" for me!"

You won't regret it :)


message 9: by Aishwarya (new) - added it

Aishwarya Chauhan Is it happy-ending book or like "Call Me By Your Name"?


message 10: by Kai (new) - rated it 5 stars

Kai Spellmeier Aishwarya wrote: "Is it happy-ending book or like "Call Me By Your Name"?"

I think it had a happy ending but it's been a while since I read it so I'm not sure


message 11: by Melissa (new)

Melissa "weird and confusing and colourful" was the perfect way to describe this book!


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