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A review by saidtheraina
Before Takeoff by Adi Alsaid
4.0
Ok, here's the thing about this book I haven't heard anyone else say (maybe I didn't scroll down far enough):
It's totally a take on those Before Sunset, Before Sunrise movies directed by Richard Linklater. It's honestly surprising to me that Alsaid didn't bring those movies up in the Acknowledgements. The title seems to be a direct callback, and the vibe is very very that.
Plus wacky magic realism happenings apparently isolated to the airport the pair is wandering around in.
I like weird. I liked this a lot.
That said, I hate this cover. Not only because it'll be hard to read the title from across a school library. I would have omitted the human figures, changed the title font, maybe changed up the medium so it doesn't look like a bad photoshop job.
I'll be taking this out to middle schools and maybe high schools too.
It's totally a take on those Before Sunset, Before Sunrise movies directed by Richard Linklater. It's honestly surprising to me that Alsaid didn't bring those movies up in the Acknowledgements. The title seems to be a direct callback, and the vibe is very very that.
Plus wacky magic realism happenings apparently isolated to the airport the pair is wandering around in.
I like weird. I liked this a lot.
That said, I hate this cover. Not only because it'll be hard to read the title from across a school library. I would have omitted the human figures, changed the title font, maybe changed up the medium so it doesn't look like a bad photoshop job.
I'll be taking this out to middle schools and maybe high schools too.