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“… he had not pushed, had not pried because he had hoped this wouldn't be the case. The ‘dead dove, do not eat” of first-contact scenarios.

Well, he thought, I don't know what I expected.”

I am completely engrossed in this novel and I see why it was at the top of the YA list for book of the year. Every now and then I read a novel that makes me wish I was still teaching English so I could build an entire unit around it. This is one of those novels.

This book is not at all what I expected but instead SO much more. I’m loving it.

This book is a struggle to get through. The description of the plot on the jacket is more engaging so far than the meandering plot itself. More of an ideas book — not a bad thing, just not what I wanted at this time.

Really struggling to get into the plot of this book. Found myself not wanting to read or struggling to focus. May not pick this book back up.

Surprisingly funny and almost impossible to put down!

“So, tattooing… […] you want a reminder of something so you put it on your body, where it’s a real, touchable thing. You see the thing on your body, you remember it in your mind, then you touch it on your body, you remember why you got it, what you were feeling then, and so on, and so on. It’s a reinforcing circle. You’re reminded that all these separate pieces are part of the whole that comprises you.”

I’ve abandoned this book. It’s just not paced well and I can’t BELIEVE this story somehow stretches over another three books.

I realized I was continually having to force myself to sit down and read this book. I wasn’t excited to read when it was time, I just wanted to move on to another book.

I’ve been talking all year about how I can’t wait to leave. […] But I also can’t help but feel a little spark of fear, like ... what if I leave, and it turns out that [this] is the best place there is? What if I go out there and I’m too small for the rest of the world? What if I can never come back, and everything out there is too much, and there’s no place for me after all?” 😭