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A review by rebeccareads08
Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
5.0
Oh Olivie Blake, we do not deserve your brilliance! My poor heart! This book!
Alone with You in the Ether is about two people that are a bit broken, or a lot, struggling to exist in a neurotypical world that neither of them fit in, they find each other and what comes after is magic, honest, raw and human.
The writing in this book is so damn gorgeous I wanted to cry. There are lines I would tattoo on my body they are so perfect. The story is character driven like most of Blakes books are and you get lost in the the inner workings of our very complicated main characters minds. It's utter brilliance bc these minds in particular are so vulnerable, brilliant, and even fractured.
The struggle of dealing with mental illness while navigating relationships and your surroundings is so honest and relatable. I loved how the book doesn't shy away from the truth of it and the health choices ppl make and how none of them are easy but they deal with it bc they have to and sometimes it's good and sometimes not so good.
Worth noting: This is a very personal book for the author and the first time I have ever read the acknowledgments and cried like a baby, I will hold this book in my heart for a long time and consider it one of my favorite reads of this year. (Just under the wire!)
Alone with You in the Ether is about two people that are a bit broken, or a lot, struggling to exist in a neurotypical world that neither of them fit in, they find each other and what comes after is magic, honest, raw and human.
The writing in this book is so damn gorgeous I wanted to cry. There are lines I would tattoo on my body they are so perfect. The story is character driven like most of Blakes books are and you get lost in the the inner workings of our very complicated main characters minds. It's utter brilliance bc these minds in particular are so vulnerable, brilliant, and even fractured.
The struggle of dealing with mental illness while navigating relationships and your surroundings is so honest and relatable. I loved how the book doesn't shy away from the truth of it and the health choices ppl make and how none of them are easy but they deal with it bc they have to and sometimes it's good and sometimes not so good.
Worth noting: This is a very personal book for the author and the first time I have ever read the acknowledgments and cried like a baby, I will hold this book in my heart for a long time and consider it one of my favorite reads of this year. (Just under the wire!)