I'll Give You the Sun
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The radiant, award-winning story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, Becky Albertalli, and Adam Silvera
"Dazzling."—The New York Times Book Review
"A blazing prismatic explosion of color."—Entertainment Weekly
"Powerful and well-crafted . . . Stunning." —Time Magazine
“We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”
At first, Jude and her twin brother are NoahandJude; inseparable. Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude wears red-red lipstick, cliff-dives, and does all the talking for both of them.
Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways . . . but then Jude meets an intriguing, irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor.
The early years are Noah’s to tell; the later years are Jude’s. But they each have only half the story, and if they can only find their way back to one another, they’ll have a chance to remake their world.
From the acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere, this exhilarating novel will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.
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No. No no no no no no no. DNF after 191 pages. I tried, I really tried to read this but picking it up felt like such a chore. I absolutely despised the writing and I didn’t care for the characters at all. What was really off-putting was also the fact that one POV is from a 13-year old boy. 13! Adding to that, the chapters were way too long, nearly 100 pages! I was in the middle of the fourth (!) chapter before I decided to DNF it. There were a lot of weird metaphors, the characters were insufferable and a storyline was nowhere to be found. I remember Booktube hyping this book and Goodreads rating shows how much people seem to love it but I couldn’t deal with it. I think I would have liked it better if I had read it immediately after buying it in 2016. This book gives me major John Green vibes – quirky special snowflakes, metaphors left and right. To me, this is so typical for YA in the 2010s. Scenes like I wish I were a horse. […] “I’m so happy I’m not a horse!” He’s laughing for real like yesterday. “Dude, you are the strangest person ever. Did you actually just say you’re so happy you’re not a horse?” or “She can’t come. She has to go to ubudowasow for sodojioka-“ I’m just making sounds, throwing syllabelles together, hoping they’ll collide and find a meaning in Brian’s head […] annoyed and irritated me. I really hoped I’d have the patience to finish this book but to me, it was just unbearable.
I'm glad I started writing this review already while reading because right now I'm just stitting here with my head empty and overfilled at the same time (so much to say so few words). So it all started with me suddendly really being in the mood for some YA again. But I didn't expect to get this carried away. I really felt this book on a personal level. All the art references kept reminding of the time when I was a kid and was extremly into this stuff. I used to read so many books about painters and spend so many days painting and visiting all kinds of museums. This book made me want to go back there which didn't happen in years. It even gave me some new impulses for my photography which I'm really exited about realizing ("Is there something you need in the world that only your two hands can create?"). I originally started reading this for Noah's story but ended up loveing Jude's even more. Mostly because of the sibling relationship between those two was not this cheesy and perfect love-and-rainbows-realtionship but had flaws and serious downs. Another aspect why I enjoyed the book that much was probably the really clever construction with the story taking place at two different times. On the cover it says "Love is only half the story" and that's what makes this book so good in my eyes: The love stories were there and important but not all over the place (like in many other YA books). In the end reading this simply made me happy (and many other things), and I can't put my finger on it but it just did and I think that deserves 5 stars every day. [sorry for the review being that personal but I thought nobody would understand my love for that book otherwise and I wanted this review to be perfect]
I am out of words. This book is a new favorite of mine. It is a form of art in itself, not only talking about the design of the pages but about the writing as well. Don't judge a book by its cover, because this seems simple - but there's so much behind the title you'll only understand after reading the story. The blurb also doesn't even begin to cover what this book is about, because it's about everything. This is a book about love, about family and other relationships. It's about fate as much as it is about coincidence, about rash decisions and the consequences; lies and the truth. It's about guilt, emotion and art, as well as about how they work together and against each other. It's about finding your true self and what it means to be that person. I'll Give You the Sun is a book I'll recommend to anyone ever willing to listen.
Tiefgründig traurig mit umso schönerem Ausgang!
“I’ll Give you the sun” hat mehr zu bieten als nur ein hübsches Cover. Es ist eine tiefgründige Geschichte über Trauer, Verlust und Tod. Aber auch über Liebe, das erwachsen werden und das Begleichen alter Fehler. Eine zweite Chance, oder auch mehr. Man begleitet Noah und Jude, Zwillinge, jeweils zu unterschiedlichen Zeiten. Aus Noahs Perspektive wird der Sommer erzählt in dem die beiden 13/14 Jahre alt waren. Jude erzählt ihre Geschichte circa 2 Jahre später, also mit 16 Jahren. Zunächst sind die beiden ein Herz und eine Seele, beschrieben als fast schon eine Person “NoahandJude” doch jeder hat etwas mit dem er unzufrieden ist an der Momentanen Situation. Noah fühlt sich von seinem Vater vernachlässigt, Jude von der Mutter übersehen. Doch zum Ende des Sommers stirbt ihre Mutter bei einem tragischen Autounfall und das Familienleben ändert sich drastisch. Von Noah erfahren wir was den Sommer über zuvor alles vorgefallen ist weshalb die Leben der Zwillinge so entgleist sind, Jude veranschaulicht was die Auswirkungen der Geschehnisse von vor 2 Jahren sind. Das Buch ist in Abschnitte unterteilt und nachdem uns zunächst Noah die Ausgangssituation der Familie vorstellt mit einigen kleinen Makeln ist doch alles gut soweit, eine funktionale, überwiegend glückliche Familie. Und durch die viele Kunst die beschrieben wird hat sich dieser Abschnitt des Buches bunt angefühlt. Die Farben waren schon etwas ausgeblichen und verwaschen aber sie waren da. Als man dann in Judes Erzähl-Abschnitt kommt ist dagegen alles Grau, Trist und Farblos. Mir ist es zumindest beim lesen so gegangen dass in Noahs Erzählungen umso näher man dem Ende des Sommers und somit dem Unfall kam, umso weniger wurden die Farben. Bis sie schließlich mit dem Unfall gänzlich verschwunden sind. Und wenn man an diesem Tiefpunkt angekommen ist wenden sich die Dinge glücklicherweise langsam aber sicher wieder. So beginnen Jude und Noah zu verarbeiten und ihre Fehler aufzuarbeiten,Lügen aufzuklären und finden letztendlich auch wieder zueinander. Die Farbe kehrt zurück kräftiger als je zuvor mit all ihrer Strahlkraft und es entfaltet sich ein wunderschön konzipiertes Happy End. Ich habe das Buch sehr gemocht und würde es sofort weiterempfehlen wenn man mal ein ernsteres Buch möchte nicht nur cozy Liebesromane. (Ich rede hier aber natürlich von dem Film den ich persönlich beim lesen vor dem Inneren Auge gesehen habe. Möglicherweise lässt sich das auch stilistisch begründen aber ich habe nicht darauf geachtet.)
"'Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people' 'Maybe we're accumulating these new selves all the time.' Hauling them in as we make choices, good and bad, as we screw up, step up, lose our minds, find our minds, fall apart, fall in love, as we grieve, grow, retreat from the world, dive into the world, as we make things, as we break things..." "'...Each new self standing on the last ones shoulders until we're these wobbly people poles?.'" .... This took me forever to finish, I had so much schoolwork to do and it got buried beneath the pile of books I had to read for my classes. Finally, when I was able to pick it up again it was as though I was stepping back into it like I never left. I consumed it. I'll Give You The Sun is a story about the relationship between two twins as they grow and face the tragedies of life. They experience the catastrophes of adolescence, as we read each of their sides of the story. But ultimately, this is a book about discovering your true self. And allowing that person inside you to shine as brightly as the sun. Five stars!
Ok so it literally took me forever to get into this book (about 150-200 pages) but once I did I absolutely loved the story. Jandy Nelson's writing style is rather unique and honestly not my cup of tea since I feel like she sometimes tries to hard to be different. However the story was utterly beautiful. I loved Jude and Noah and especially Oscar! So that's why I'm giving 4 stars even though I wasn't expecting to like it that much after reading the first half of the book.
"Meeting your soul mate is like walking into a house you've been in before - you will recognize the furniture, the pictures on the wall, the books on the shelves, the contents of drawers: you could find your way around in the dark if you had to." So hat es sich auch angefühlt, dieses Buch zu lesen. Es war wie nach Hause kommen, ohne je dort gewesen zu sein. Es fällt mir sehr schwer, in Worte zu fassen, was ich über diese Buch denke, weil ich einfach viel mehr empfinde. Ich bin durch die Seiten geflogen und habe das Buch voll mit Post-Its geklebt, weil es so viele wunderbare lustige, tiefsinnige und traurige Zitate gab, die ich hervorheben wollte. Die Charaktere sind so klar gezeichnet, dass man ihre Handlungen immer nachvollziehen kann und die Geschichte selbst ist so in sich abgestimmt, dass es sogar problemlos funktioniert, die Geschichte aus zwei Zeiten zu erzählen. Die ganzen Kunst-Referenzen haben mir total gut gefallen, weil ich sie als Hobbyzeichnerin total nachvollziehen konnte. Die Gefühle, die dieses Buch vermittelt, sind einfach echt. Das Buch zu beenden, tat mir im Herzen weh, am liebsten hätte ich es für immer weitergelesen und Jude und Noah weiter auf ihrer Reise begleitet. Große Empfehlung! Wenn es euch irgendwie möglich ist: Lest dieses Buch!! Für mich ist es schon jetzt ein Highlight.
I want to give half of this book two stars tops, because it felt so pretentious and full of over-used tropes. Mother dies? Check. Rape? Check. A few too many coincidences (you can see coming from miles away)? Check. But on the other hand, the rest of it really made me feel something. I started to really care about both twins, especially towards the end, and wanted to know the whole story for sure and see everything (and everyone) come together. Also, it might have kind of inspired me? At least I feel like I really want to make art right now, more so than I have in a pretty long time. And okay, maybe in the end some things were too easily solved, but honestly, I wanted all of them to be okay so much that I didn't really care.
I loved this book so much, I got so invested in the twins. While in the beginning I didn't really like Judes views in the end I loved her almost as much as Noah. I connected to Noah on a spiritual level I haven't experienced before. This book actually managed to get me myself to start and pick up my pens and paintbrushes again. I would recommend this book strongly for everyone who loves art and extraordinary minds.
Description
The radiant, award-winning story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, Becky Albertalli, and Adam Silvera
"Dazzling."—The New York Times Book Review
"A blazing prismatic explosion of color."—Entertainment Weekly
"Powerful and well-crafted . . . Stunning." —Time Magazine
“We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”
At first, Jude and her twin brother are NoahandJude; inseparable. Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude wears red-red lipstick, cliff-dives, and does all the talking for both of them.
Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways . . . but then Jude meets an intriguing, irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor.
The early years are Noah’s to tell; the later years are Jude’s. But they each have only half the story, and if they can only find their way back to one another, they’ll have a chance to remake their world.
From the acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere, this exhilarating novel will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.
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No. No no no no no no no. DNF after 191 pages. I tried, I really tried to read this but picking it up felt like such a chore. I absolutely despised the writing and I didn’t care for the characters at all. What was really off-putting was also the fact that one POV is from a 13-year old boy. 13! Adding to that, the chapters were way too long, nearly 100 pages! I was in the middle of the fourth (!) chapter before I decided to DNF it. There were a lot of weird metaphors, the characters were insufferable and a storyline was nowhere to be found. I remember Booktube hyping this book and Goodreads rating shows how much people seem to love it but I couldn’t deal with it. I think I would have liked it better if I had read it immediately after buying it in 2016. This book gives me major John Green vibes – quirky special snowflakes, metaphors left and right. To me, this is so typical for YA in the 2010s. Scenes like I wish I were a horse. […] “I’m so happy I’m not a horse!” He’s laughing for real like yesterday. “Dude, you are the strangest person ever. Did you actually just say you’re so happy you’re not a horse?” or “She can’t come. She has to go to ubudowasow for sodojioka-“ I’m just making sounds, throwing syllabelles together, hoping they’ll collide and find a meaning in Brian’s head […] annoyed and irritated me. I really hoped I’d have the patience to finish this book but to me, it was just unbearable.
I'm glad I started writing this review already while reading because right now I'm just stitting here with my head empty and overfilled at the same time (so much to say so few words). So it all started with me suddendly really being in the mood for some YA again. But I didn't expect to get this carried away. I really felt this book on a personal level. All the art references kept reminding of the time when I was a kid and was extremly into this stuff. I used to read so many books about painters and spend so many days painting and visiting all kinds of museums. This book made me want to go back there which didn't happen in years. It even gave me some new impulses for my photography which I'm really exited about realizing ("Is there something you need in the world that only your two hands can create?"). I originally started reading this for Noah's story but ended up loveing Jude's even more. Mostly because of the sibling relationship between those two was not this cheesy and perfect love-and-rainbows-realtionship but had flaws and serious downs. Another aspect why I enjoyed the book that much was probably the really clever construction with the story taking place at two different times. On the cover it says "Love is only half the story" and that's what makes this book so good in my eyes: The love stories were there and important but not all over the place (like in many other YA books). In the end reading this simply made me happy (and many other things), and I can't put my finger on it but it just did and I think that deserves 5 stars every day. [sorry for the review being that personal but I thought nobody would understand my love for that book otherwise and I wanted this review to be perfect]
I am out of words. This book is a new favorite of mine. It is a form of art in itself, not only talking about the design of the pages but about the writing as well. Don't judge a book by its cover, because this seems simple - but there's so much behind the title you'll only understand after reading the story. The blurb also doesn't even begin to cover what this book is about, because it's about everything. This is a book about love, about family and other relationships. It's about fate as much as it is about coincidence, about rash decisions and the consequences; lies and the truth. It's about guilt, emotion and art, as well as about how they work together and against each other. It's about finding your true self and what it means to be that person. I'll Give You the Sun is a book I'll recommend to anyone ever willing to listen.
Tiefgründig traurig mit umso schönerem Ausgang!
“I’ll Give you the sun” hat mehr zu bieten als nur ein hübsches Cover. Es ist eine tiefgründige Geschichte über Trauer, Verlust und Tod. Aber auch über Liebe, das erwachsen werden und das Begleichen alter Fehler. Eine zweite Chance, oder auch mehr. Man begleitet Noah und Jude, Zwillinge, jeweils zu unterschiedlichen Zeiten. Aus Noahs Perspektive wird der Sommer erzählt in dem die beiden 13/14 Jahre alt waren. Jude erzählt ihre Geschichte circa 2 Jahre später, also mit 16 Jahren. Zunächst sind die beiden ein Herz und eine Seele, beschrieben als fast schon eine Person “NoahandJude” doch jeder hat etwas mit dem er unzufrieden ist an der Momentanen Situation. Noah fühlt sich von seinem Vater vernachlässigt, Jude von der Mutter übersehen. Doch zum Ende des Sommers stirbt ihre Mutter bei einem tragischen Autounfall und das Familienleben ändert sich drastisch. Von Noah erfahren wir was den Sommer über zuvor alles vorgefallen ist weshalb die Leben der Zwillinge so entgleist sind, Jude veranschaulicht was die Auswirkungen der Geschehnisse von vor 2 Jahren sind. Das Buch ist in Abschnitte unterteilt und nachdem uns zunächst Noah die Ausgangssituation der Familie vorstellt mit einigen kleinen Makeln ist doch alles gut soweit, eine funktionale, überwiegend glückliche Familie. Und durch die viele Kunst die beschrieben wird hat sich dieser Abschnitt des Buches bunt angefühlt. Die Farben waren schon etwas ausgeblichen und verwaschen aber sie waren da. Als man dann in Judes Erzähl-Abschnitt kommt ist dagegen alles Grau, Trist und Farblos. Mir ist es zumindest beim lesen so gegangen dass in Noahs Erzählungen umso näher man dem Ende des Sommers und somit dem Unfall kam, umso weniger wurden die Farben. Bis sie schließlich mit dem Unfall gänzlich verschwunden sind. Und wenn man an diesem Tiefpunkt angekommen ist wenden sich die Dinge glücklicherweise langsam aber sicher wieder. So beginnen Jude und Noah zu verarbeiten und ihre Fehler aufzuarbeiten,Lügen aufzuklären und finden letztendlich auch wieder zueinander. Die Farbe kehrt zurück kräftiger als je zuvor mit all ihrer Strahlkraft und es entfaltet sich ein wunderschön konzipiertes Happy End. Ich habe das Buch sehr gemocht und würde es sofort weiterempfehlen wenn man mal ein ernsteres Buch möchte nicht nur cozy Liebesromane. (Ich rede hier aber natürlich von dem Film den ich persönlich beim lesen vor dem Inneren Auge gesehen habe. Möglicherweise lässt sich das auch stilistisch begründen aber ich habe nicht darauf geachtet.)
"'Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people' 'Maybe we're accumulating these new selves all the time.' Hauling them in as we make choices, good and bad, as we screw up, step up, lose our minds, find our minds, fall apart, fall in love, as we grieve, grow, retreat from the world, dive into the world, as we make things, as we break things..." "'...Each new self standing on the last ones shoulders until we're these wobbly people poles?.'" .... This took me forever to finish, I had so much schoolwork to do and it got buried beneath the pile of books I had to read for my classes. Finally, when I was able to pick it up again it was as though I was stepping back into it like I never left. I consumed it. I'll Give You The Sun is a story about the relationship between two twins as they grow and face the tragedies of life. They experience the catastrophes of adolescence, as we read each of their sides of the story. But ultimately, this is a book about discovering your true self. And allowing that person inside you to shine as brightly as the sun. Five stars!
Ok so it literally took me forever to get into this book (about 150-200 pages) but once I did I absolutely loved the story. Jandy Nelson's writing style is rather unique and honestly not my cup of tea since I feel like she sometimes tries to hard to be different. However the story was utterly beautiful. I loved Jude and Noah and especially Oscar! So that's why I'm giving 4 stars even though I wasn't expecting to like it that much after reading the first half of the book.
"Meeting your soul mate is like walking into a house you've been in before - you will recognize the furniture, the pictures on the wall, the books on the shelves, the contents of drawers: you could find your way around in the dark if you had to." So hat es sich auch angefühlt, dieses Buch zu lesen. Es war wie nach Hause kommen, ohne je dort gewesen zu sein. Es fällt mir sehr schwer, in Worte zu fassen, was ich über diese Buch denke, weil ich einfach viel mehr empfinde. Ich bin durch die Seiten geflogen und habe das Buch voll mit Post-Its geklebt, weil es so viele wunderbare lustige, tiefsinnige und traurige Zitate gab, die ich hervorheben wollte. Die Charaktere sind so klar gezeichnet, dass man ihre Handlungen immer nachvollziehen kann und die Geschichte selbst ist so in sich abgestimmt, dass es sogar problemlos funktioniert, die Geschichte aus zwei Zeiten zu erzählen. Die ganzen Kunst-Referenzen haben mir total gut gefallen, weil ich sie als Hobbyzeichnerin total nachvollziehen konnte. Die Gefühle, die dieses Buch vermittelt, sind einfach echt. Das Buch zu beenden, tat mir im Herzen weh, am liebsten hätte ich es für immer weitergelesen und Jude und Noah weiter auf ihrer Reise begleitet. Große Empfehlung! Wenn es euch irgendwie möglich ist: Lest dieses Buch!! Für mich ist es schon jetzt ein Highlight.
I want to give half of this book two stars tops, because it felt so pretentious and full of over-used tropes. Mother dies? Check. Rape? Check. A few too many coincidences (you can see coming from miles away)? Check. But on the other hand, the rest of it really made me feel something. I started to really care about both twins, especially towards the end, and wanted to know the whole story for sure and see everything (and everyone) come together. Also, it might have kind of inspired me? At least I feel like I really want to make art right now, more so than I have in a pretty long time. And okay, maybe in the end some things were too easily solved, but honestly, I wanted all of them to be okay so much that I didn't really care.
I loved this book so much, I got so invested in the twins. While in the beginning I didn't really like Judes views in the end I loved her almost as much as Noah. I connected to Noah on a spiritual level I haven't experienced before. This book actually managed to get me myself to start and pick up my pens and paintbrushes again. I would recommend this book strongly for everyone who loves art and extraordinary minds.