REVIEW || We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach

Not going to lie - I teared up a little bit when reading this.

This book follows a group of people, some are friends in the beginning, others are not. But by the end, we have this beautiful group of friendship that is almost too cliche, but totally understandable.

*this review many not be spoiler free*

I'd eyed this book up for ages, before finally caving to my own wishes and purchasing it at the beginning of 2016. I knew I was in for a YA, I just didn't know how much of a YA it was going to be.

Turns out, quite a bit actually.

Sometimes, friendships or scenarios felt forced or awkward, as if they were there for the sake of it, as opposed to being there because they had earned the right to occur. Yet this didn't really effect the overall reading experience for me!

I got way too attached to all the wrong characters (naturally), and this book was no exception in the YA format of "wonderful friendship building followed by tragedy". And in all seriousness, I really didn't expect certain things from certain characters at the end of the book. I just really really wanted things to work out for P. He was always in his sisters shadow attention wise and was left to his own devices most of the time I believe, which makes his outcome even more distressing for me.

These are just my initial thoughts, although overall I will be giving this book a 4 out of 5 star rating. Once I figure out how to write down my thoughts and feelings more coherently or systematically, then I may come back to this review!


Have you read this before? Let me know down below in the comments!