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Mar 07, 2017cloverdaleteenbookreviewproject1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The book “Under rose-tainted skies” was an amazing book. I couldn’t stop reading this book, the story connects with your emotions and you feel like your going through everything with the character. A girl, Norah, has a mental illness and she can’t leave her house because she is afraid of everything. A new boy moves in next door and becomes curious about the girl next door. They become friends and then they fall in love. He helps her. I liked how real the book was how people with mental illness can’t control how they feel/what they do. I like the characters; they struggled through many problems, but did not give up on each other. How by the end she is getting better, but it never really goes away. Imagery was well represented. I could really see what was happening. I could imagine the people and places. Some of the conversations between the mother and daughter were really funny; there is humor in the book. The conflict is meaningful, and everything that is written adds to the book in some meaningful way. I would recommend this book for 10 year olds and up, it is pretty deep book. (p.s. I love the cover and the authors note in the begging really adds to the story.) (Reviewed for the CloverdaleTeenBookReviewProject)