She was proud, she was strong, she was UNAPOLOGETIC! "Jane" awed me. "Jane" was the first girl I had ever met who was out as a lesbian. A funny thing happened though, I started to make friends! Mostly with the outcast kids, and with one girl in particular, we’ll call her "Jane" (that's not actually her name, of course). It was terrible my first month and a half there were a living hell. So here's 15 year old Karly (shy, timid and full of self-loathing) starting a new school, sans her best friend and small social circle but now, once again, surrounded by her bullies from elementary school. Same relatively small town, different schools. When I was in tenth grade I transferred high schools. **This whole review is one big story from my life** My hope is that anyone that has taken the time to read through this review… If you know someone who's isolated or feels alone that can benefit from this book, please pay it forward and pass it along. You’ll feel like you’ve gone through a very long crying session, but trust me, it’s well worth it. This book literally broke my literary heart and pieced it back together at the end. You’ll get to experience a myriad of emotions when you read this novel. Hannah and Baker are admirable in their bravery, and in the way that they each weather the storm both separately and together. Her Name in the Sky captures the innocence of first love, and all the complications that follow when girl loves girl in a "girl is supposed to love boy" world. and our world can use a little more compassion.
Our human experiences are what bind us together.
Sometimes, we grow so distant from our past that it becomes more and more difficult for us to relate to the future. But it’s important for us (not-so-young) adults to remember and reflect on that time period in our lives, so that we understand and acknowledge that there are teens going through this today, and teens that will go through this tomorrow. I’m sure that for some of us, it’ll bring back painful memories of high school that we don’t care to relive again. It delves deeply into important coming-of-age issues such as love, religion, family, friendship, depression, bullying, and discrimination. Her Name in the Sky is the perfect illustration of truth in fiction. As with any review, I can only draw from my own personal reading experience and hope that my words won’t diminish its value. It’s difficult for me to write a review that does this literary work any justice because it’s extraordinary. this book did come highly recommended, so I decided to give it a shot. My past experience with religion was an unpleasant one, and I steered clear of most literature that made any reference to Catholicism/Christianity. I was initially very hesitant to read this novel.
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