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I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

39 reviews

orangetree3's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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saojimenez's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

i liked this book, but i like any book that makes me cry so take that with a grain of salt. i have like two things to say. one: why the fuck is this 16 y/o GIRL’S love interest a college student. maybe it’s only me because i’m also a sophomore in high school and would absolutely never date a freshman in college, but i still just didn’t get the necessity. like their love story could have been so cute! it probably was cute to some people, but the fact that he is literally starting his life as an adult while she is barely the legal age of consent is weird as fuck to me. it made me want to dnf the book, but i persevered. anyways, thing two is that the resolution just seemed to come too fast. i didn’t like that. we spent the entire book figuring out why these two kids are so wounded and why their relationship was so strained, only for it to all be resolved within literally two pages. i loved that the gays got their happy ending though 😁💓💓 anyways, it wasn’t bad. i would definitely still recommend to people i know would like it, but it for sure isn’t a new favorite like i thought it would be. 
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masalacat's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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coffees's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

oh man did i love this book… the storytelling and the way i just connected with jude and noah throughout this book had me so !! i loved how real the characters felt and how they made mistakes and grew from them and became their own people who have each other’s backs despite always being JudeandNoah with one soul. this book had me close to tears many times and crying at least twice. i absolutely adored the family relationships in books and i think this showed such real family dynamics (for the most part) ++ the relationship between noah and brian :(( i wish we got more of them honestly!! could not bring myself to give this 5 stars for the fact they still had oscar and jude end up together despite stressing a page before that he was 19 and she was 16 (+ her not telling him how old she was until he literally found out himself??)

overall a 4.5 star i really enjoyed this book and could see myself rereading in the future!! 
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mothfaun's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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anapa's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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cayy's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

while i liked the writing style and some ideas discussed, the plot felt weirdly chunky and i hate certain characters because of how they were written, it was like a good soup that was ruined by too many undercooked ingredients 
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chloe_lynn's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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dulo's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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natalienguyen's review against another edition

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I simply could not get around Jude and Oscar’s relationship. That man is fully grown, paying taxes, and getting his degree while she’s 16!! 911!!! I’D LIKE TO REPORT A CRIME!!
Also the writing was super ~2014 teen living on tumblr/adult trying too hard to sound like a teen~ corny which I didn’t really mind, but that coupled with the illegal age gap... couldn’t bring myself to continue (apologies to BookTok).
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