Subversive and unexpectedly heartwarming, Sky Daddy hijacks the classic love story, exploring desire, fate, and the longing to be accepted for who we truly are.
Linda is doing her best to lead a life that would appear normal to the casual observer. Weekdays, she earns $20 an hour moderating comments for a video-sharing platform, then rides the bus home to the windowless garage she rents on the outskirts of San Francisco. But on the last Friday of each month, she indulges in her true passion: taking BART to SFO for a round-trip flight to a regional hub. The destination is irrelevant because each trip means a new date with a handsome stranger—a stranger whose intelligent windscreens, sleek fuselages, and powerful engines make Linda feel a way that no human ever could.
Linda knows that she can’t tell anyone she’s sexually obsessed with planes—nor can she reveal her belief her destiny is to “marry” one of her suitors by dying in a plane crash, thereby uniting her with her soulmate plane for eternity. But when an opportunity arises to hasten her dream of eternal partnership, and the carefully balanced elements of her life begin to spin out of control, she must choose between maintaining the trappings of normalcy and launching herself headlong toward the love she’s always dreamed of.
(view spoiler)[ this is pretty wild but I'm sad that her obsession involves her dying. I also find her watching crash videos so concerning but I'm trying to wrap my head around - falling in love with inanimate objects. I wonder why - and why that would make someone happier than a person. I hope the story gives us more than just her moments of sexual tension (hide spoiler)]
(view spoiler)[ Wow, you can really feel that she's starting to spiral out a bit. These encounters with her boss seem like a really bad idea.
and I'm glad she has a friend now. Will that connection help her?
I'm still not sure why she feels these planes love her or why she feels she loves them. there isn't a lot of reflection or exploration about the emotions or the why (hide spoiler)]
No. Way (view spoiler)[ are we to assume they went down? that after all that, she really did die in a plane crash and karma finally caught up with her friend?
there are so few plane crashes, I just have a tough time buying this lol!
these visions board were such a great addition to the story. I was shocked when she demanded money from her employer. I was so glad when her friend showed up at the airport - she was really at a dead end and needed someone to come get her (hide spoiler)]
Linda is doing her best to lead a life that would appear normal to the casual observer. Weekdays, she earns $20 an hour moderating comments for a video-sharing platform, then rides the bus home to the windowless garage she rents on the outskirts of San Francisco. But on the last Friday of each month, she indulges in her true passion: taking BART to SFO for a round-trip flight to a regional hub. The destination is irrelevant because each trip means a new date with a handsome stranger—a stranger whose intelligent windscreens, sleek fuselages, and powerful engines make Linda feel a way that no human ever could.
Linda knows that she can’t tell anyone she’s sexually obsessed with planes—nor can she reveal her belief her destiny is to “marry” one of her suitors by dying in a plane crash, thereby uniting her with her soulmate plane for eternity. But when an opportunity arises to hasten her dream of eternal partnership, and the carefully balanced elements of her life begin to spin out of control, she must choose between maintaining the trappings of normalcy and launching herself headlong toward the love she’s always dreamed of.