A review by itsrocioo
Between Us and the Moon by Rebecca Maizel
4.0
✧･ﾟ:* ✩ 4.5 SHINY STARS ✩*:･ﾟ✧
LISTEN, I DON’T KNOW WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THIS BOOK BUT I REALLY LIKED IT DON’T JUDGE ME, OKAY? Cool. Now, I really enjoyed. this book. I mean in the end it ripped my heart to tiny little pieces but it had to happen….btw don’t get me wrong this book did pissed me off in some points but overall I really liked it and it was fun to read.
So one of the things that I liked about Between Us & The Moon is that even tho Sarah wanted to become ‘somebody else’ with the Scarlett Experiment in the end she ended up finding herself and discovering that she can be a science girl and also love clothes and hang out with the ‘cool’ people and that people will love her because of who she is.
“There was so much more to me. I never knew. So much more than that American flag string bikini. More than a closet full of clothes that weren’t mine and a telescope pointed up to the sky and away from the earth.”
I wish I would’ve read this when I was around 15-16 because just like Sarah it was hard for me to talk to people and I related to her in some aspects, like when her dad tells her that maybe the reason she doesn’t hang out with new people is because she is afraid that they don’t find her interesting or want to hang out with her and that was someting that I struggled with too
Let’s talk about the rOmAnCE shall we?
First I’ve got to say that I really liked Andrew, he was really nice and cute and he cared about Sarah and never pushed her, etc. They were really lovely together I liked their dynamic HOWEVER it was hard to focus in that kinda aspect when you had Sarah lying through the hole motherF CKING BOOK.
At some point I guess I sort of expected they weren’t going to end up together but I don’t know I thought we were going to have an epilogue of them like 4 years later where they were together or idk BUT NOOO.
Man I was sobbing when Sarah finally tells Andrew, because I felt that they were so good for eachother and like I said he was so sweet but at the same time I understand, not only she freaking lied to him but also the age gap…I don’t think that 4 years is a lot but in this case Sarah is underage so the situation is different.
Even tho we don’t have that 4 years later epilogue that I was talking about I still liked how it ended, I wish they would’ve talked to eachother but I’ll settle with that smile, the smile was good.
“Swimming to the moon is scientifically impossible.”
“But isn’t that what makes life great? Something unexpected?” Andrew asks.”