Review: I’ll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson
This is a YA contemporary about a pair of twins. We hear the story from both perspectives. Noah narrates when they are about 13/14 years old and Jude, the girl, narrates when they are about 16 years old. During the time in-between something has happened to make the two twins avoid each other. Slowly we figure it out as Noah tells the story leading up to the event, and Jude tells the story of the aftermath and looking back on the event. The chapters alternate viewpoints and while I thought this was basically a good idea, the individual chapters seemed way too long. Just as you were really getting into the story the viewpoint changed, and because not only the viewpoint changes but also the time, it’s like reading two different stories. I figured it was meant to create tension or mystery or whatever, but I just found it frustrating. Just as one person was figuring something out, it changed, and the plot was pretty much completely different. As for the characters ...