Welcome to Litsy!

Audio novel in verse about an 18 yo young man navigating his way through love, suicide, faith, friendship, and loss.

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I liked this overall. The main character is frustrating but likable & relatable, and his circumstances are heartbreaking. Through that main character, the book raises some great questions about Christianity, atheism, and faith. It‘s a thoughtful exploration of grief & anger in the aftermath of a sibling‘s suicide. The ending is a bit contrived & sudden, but it‘s fine. But WHY is it presented as narrative free verse poetry?! ⤵️

Here‘s my #BookSpinBingo card for June—I‘m looking forward to reading from these choices! #BookSpin is the tagged book (a leftover #NewYearWhoDis pick), and #DoubleSpin is An Argumentation of Historians (next in the St. Mary‘s series), which will get picked up from the library today.

Read with a book light last night, and listened to chilledcow on YouTube. Who else stays up really late just to read??

#rumble #ellenhopkins #readingpastmybedtime #noregrets

Pt 2.
Finally finished this one. I listened to it bc it popped on a list of suggestions on #Libby. I should've known better. As I've mentioned, I have a love/hate relationship with Ellen Hopkins. This book seemed to drag on. Not to mention how far fetched parts of it seemed... that ending? 😲 I just didn't enjoy it at all. Back story was too thorough on minor characters and we barely scratched the surface with some prominent ones. Overall, 2.5🌟

Pt. 1
Matt blames himself - & the world - for the tragic loss of his brother, Luke. His parents have shut themselves off from the world & his gf isn't turning out to be who he thought she was. Finally he finds what he didn't know he was looking for in a girl named Alexa.

Oh my god. Ellen has yet to produce a book I deem unreadable. Her penmanship is simply fantastic! I just started reading Rumble and I am already loving it!! Everyone needs to atleast have one Ellen Hopkins novels in their Read/To read list :D Trust me, you won't regret it!

This book. Wow. I'm quite speechless. This book has skyrocketed to the top of my list of favourites. It's raw and honest and real and sad and beautiful all at the same time.