We all looked up
By: Tommy Wallach
Location: FIC WAL
Genre: Asteroids and Love
“The best books, they don't talk about things you never thought about before. They talk about things you'd always thought about, but that you didn't think anyone else had thought about. You read them, and suddenly you're a little bit less alone in the world. You're part of this cosmic community of people who've thought about this thing, whatever it happens to be.”
This book reminds me of Tomorrow when the War Began cross Ice Age 5Others say it is The Breakfast Club meets Armageddon and here is why....
Before the asteroid we let ourselves be defined by labels:
The athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever.
But then we all looked up and everything changed.
They said it would be here in two months. That gave us two months to leave our labels behind. Two months to become something bigger than what we'd been, something that would last even after the end.
Two months to really live!!
"Before the asteroid, four teenagers lived their lives defined by four neat labels: athlete (Peter), the outcast (Eliza), the slacker (Andy), the overachiever (Anita), but now that the world's changed, they have the opportunity to think about themselves, others and the world around them a little bit more. I love how We All Looked Up is told, in alternating chapters narrated by our protagonists, going back and forth between the present and the immediate past.
As with any young adult contemporary novel, we still get our love stories, family arguments, difficult choices and complicated friendships. Peter's dealing with breaking up with his girlfriend and dreaming about his brief romantic encounter with Eliza – who went from shy to 'slut' as a result – and is in competition with Andy, who is amongst the wrong crowd, while Anita is struggling to live up to her parents' crushing expectations. She takes the opportunity, as it is likely the end of the world after all, to pursue her desire to be a singer. We All Looked Up gets complicated and messy – adolescence often is – as the characters become closer, and I thoroughly enjoyed taking part in their journey.We All Looked Up is a wonderful, poignant look at what it means to grow up. It makes you wonder whether you have the determination to change the course your life is on, whether you'll ever have the opportunity to look up. "- Stacey
Location: FIC WALGenre: Asteroids and Love
“The best books, they don't talk about things you never thought about before. They talk about things you'd always thought about, but that you didn't think anyone else had thought about. You read them, and suddenly you're a little bit less alone in the world. You're part of this cosmic community of people who've thought about this thing, whatever it happens to be.”
This book reminds me of Tomorrow when the War Began cross Ice Age 5Others say it is The Breakfast Club meets Armageddon and here is why....
Before the asteroid we let ourselves be defined by labels:
The athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever.
But then we all looked up and everything changed.
They said it would be here in two months. That gave us two months to leave our labels behind. Two months to become something bigger than what we'd been, something that would last even after the end.
Two months to really live!!
"Before the asteroid, four teenagers lived their lives defined by four neat labels: athlete (Peter), the outcast (Eliza), the slacker (Andy), the overachiever (Anita), but now that the world's changed, they have the opportunity to think about themselves, others and the world around them a little bit more. I love how We All Looked Up is told, in alternating chapters narrated by our protagonists, going back and forth between the present and the immediate past.
As with any young adult contemporary novel, we still get our love stories, family arguments, difficult choices and complicated friendships. Peter's dealing with breaking up with his girlfriend and dreaming about his brief romantic encounter with Eliza – who went from shy to 'slut' as a result – and is in competition with Andy, who is amongst the wrong crowd, while Anita is struggling to live up to her parents' crushing expectations. She takes the opportunity, as it is likely the end of the world after all, to pursue her desire to be a singer. We All Looked Up gets complicated and messy – adolescence often is – as the characters become closer, and I thoroughly enjoyed taking part in their journey.We All Looked Up is a wonderful, poignant look at what it means to grow up. It makes you wonder whether you have the determination to change the course your life is on, whether you'll ever have the opportunity to look up. "- Stacey
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