A review by stressiex
Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King

3.0

These books are so strange but in a way so lovely to read. The characters in her books have certain ideals that I can agree with. And I guess I liked this one a lot because it reminds of of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock. There's an average kid who's beaten down by society, he loves a girl he can't have and his grandfather who was in a war has died(?). I can clearly see the parallels and there are more, including the short chapter parts from dreams or letters from the future in the two books. However FM,LP does have a much deeper meaning to it and is on the topic of actual suicide, Everybody Sees the Ants is a book that incorporates magical realism and bug personification (is that a thing?), all around lovely read for something strange and relaxing.