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Ik geef je de zon by Aimée Warmerdam, Jandy Nelson

30 reviews

saojimenez's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Car accident, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

jolibon4e's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-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

4.5

Gorgeous book, heart wrenching, one of the few books that has had me fully emotional before read even half of it. In a way it reads like poetry because it is from and about artists. In another way, it is a story about a family that makes many mistakes but loves each other more than anything.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse and Homophobia

dulo's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

meg_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This is absolutely one of my new favorite books of all time. I literally don't have the words to describe it but I loved this book and these characters so deeply. I genuinely feel like Jandy Nelson picked thoughts and feelings out of my brain/heart and wrote them out on paper. The characters felt things in such depth which felt so personal. Both Noah and Jude care so much about one another, about their parents, and about other loved ones, and even when they struggle to vocalize those feelings they come out through their art, which is beautiful. I loved the descriptions of colors, and art, and heavy hearts. All of it was perfect and even when I hated the characters actions, I still loved them. This book covered such a wide array of challenges and struggles that we all deal with and covered them through this coming of age story. The descriptions around grief and loss, assault, feeling left behind by loved ones, falling in love with your first love, all of these things were so well done. I kept annotating that I just wanted to exist along with these characters because Ioved them and their story so much. Again, this is a new all time favorite. I loved it so much and even in all my rambles, I can't accurately capture why but this is my best effort to do so!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Homophobia

carolineb's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

gabrielab's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

someonelikeblue's review against another edition

5.0

(Self-portrait: Person feeling ALL of the emotions reading a book)
I acquired this book on a whim when I saw it in my audible suggestions and liked the name and cover - and I'm so glad I found it! I've never read/listened to a book stringing words together like this. The stories' secrets are thrilling and heartbreaking, full of loss and love. For me the metaphorical language really worked and as somebody who also paints in their head, I looooved Noahs POV. I highly recomment the audiobook read by Julia Whelan and Jesse Bernstein!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Violence, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

camlevesque's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

marijuanerareads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

reyastray's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

ok mm. my original review was Very Positive but upon rereading this has some issues, so docking like 2 stars because some things were quite difficult to read (in a bad way) but i still enjoyed the general themes of the story and the emotional effect it has on me. rating stuff is hard

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism and Racism

outing!! done by one of the main characters!! NOT fun.

also the things i tagged as “moderate” are just the writing having those undertones; that stuff isn’t addressed in the book at all. everything tagged as “graphic” is addressed.