Review: I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

First of all I just want to say thank you to Barb at Prairie Lights bookstore for providing me with the ARC. That was incredibly generous of you! Now onto the review:

Synopsis

"Jude and her brother, Noah, are incredibly close twins. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude surfs and cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and divisive ways . . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as an unpredictable new mentor. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to one another, they’d have a chance to remake their world." 



Here is one thing I realized while reading this: Jandy Nelson seems to be the type of author that gets better with age. 
Her first book, The Sky Is Everywhere Published in 2010 by Dial (respectively) Was great. I found I really enjoyed it. However I personally don't think it was as good as this one. In fact I think this might actually be my favorite book at the moment. 
I loved the complexity of the plot as well as the switching narration, between siblings, Noah and Jude. But there was also something else about this that can really get to you, even more so than, "The Sky Is Everywhere." This book seems very personal. It examines the relationships between family members, as well as the potential fallout of our actions. But it also emphasizes the importance of communication and the sometimes dire consequences that may take place due to lack of communication or misunderstanding. It just felt very personal. Maybe it's because we're able to see what mistakes that were made in the characters past that led them to be the people they are now or maybe it's just Jandy Nelsons brilliant and heartbreaking writing that does it. Either way you feel like you are the character, you laugh and cry and feel so much from this one book. It never fails to amaze me the kinds of stories and emotions authors can create using words. Jandy Nelsons writing is spot on, heartbreaking, and brilliant. I highly recommend this book.