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Michelle Ruiz Keil

Autor(a) de All of Us with Wings

2+ Works 185 Membros 8 Críticas

Obras por Michelle Ruiz Keil

All of Us with Wings (2019) 131 exemplares
Summer in the City of Roses (2021) 54 exemplares

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Like reading a modernized and less space Francesca Lia Block -- magical, surreal, all about chosen family and alternative relationships. High drug use and deals with sexual abuse, but is also just a wonderful, flowing and strange place. I found some parts made me uncomfortable, but I also think it is a worthy story and is well written.
 
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jennybeast | 7 outras críticas | Apr 14, 2022 |
"New adult" more than YA, I think -- would not buy for a middle school collection.
Read-alikes: Weetzie Bat, Charles DeLint's Newford books

On the controversy: I see and respect what the author is doing by portraying destructive choices as a response to trauma, but I'd still be cautious about who I'd give this to because it could be seen -- especially without adult perspective -- as romanticizing a sexual relationship with an inappropriate power dynamic.
 
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SamMusher | 7 outras críticas | Jul 16, 2021 |
teen/adult diverse fantasy fiction (brown-skinned 17 y.o. girl of mixed heritage and rocky past meets new friends in SF before supernatural creatures arrive to "help" her; lots of characters happen to be LGBTQAI ).
refreshing and engaging story--part coming of age, part star-crossed love, part talking-animal fantasy, part atmospheric love letter to SF. Contains drug use (cocaine and heroine, marijuana farming), drinking, and other ill-advised choices teenagers and young adults and rock musicians sometimes make (and sometimes don't survive). Also potential trigger warning: rape, abuse.… (mais)
 
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reader1009 | 7 outras críticas | Jul 3, 2021 |
"You're family now. Whether you live here or not, you're stuck with us."


FORMAT READ: eBook (Adobe Digital Editions)
SIMILAR VIBES: The Sun is Also a Star (vaguely.. and without the magical realism part)

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OVERALL: 2.75
I like how there were parts of the story that were crafted around music and gave the readers a bit of an inside experience to what that was like.

The characters bordered on what I would say is whimsical because of the magical realism of the story and their dialogue… like a whimsical personality, if that makes sense. Like that was the vibe I was getting from them. They were interesting enough to keep me going through the whole. Though, there were not a lot of things happening in the plot that interested me,… there were still a lot that seemed to be going on… and it did not sit well with me.

It was a more adult read than I expected going in (especially for a YA) and it was not a plot I was a fan of at first. It was a slow start and even though it was not the worst writing, I couldn’t get myself invested.

The book is very much diverse and if you don’t mind treading about the use of drugs and child abandonment then you may want to try this book.

PLOT: ★★★☆☆
WRITING STYLE: ★★★★☆
CHARACTERS: ★★★☆☆
CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS: ★★☆☆☆
THEMES: ★★☆☆☆
PACING: ★★★☆☆
PAGE TURNER: ★★☆☆☆

Thanks to Soho Teen and Michelle Ruiz Keil for sending me an ARC to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
… (mais)
 
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themoonwholistens | 7 outras críticas | Aug 31, 2020 |

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