#miles fall

[peterfurisfluffy]

take poet: guy who paints pictures with words

then take blind: guy who cannot see anymore

then have the blind guy ask the poet to describe what he sees. and they fall in love

[stuff-diary]

Ok, so here we are. I'm gonna get it out of the way right away: When the World Tips Over is absolutely worth the wait. I must admit it's kind of overwhelming at the beginning, or maybe the right word is 'daunting'; there's just so many characters, plot threads, styles and formats. But still, once everything is in place, the book grips your soul and basically never lets go. Seeing all the pieces fall into place is a truly powerful experience. And really, Jandy Nelson's prose is masterful. You can tell how much work has gone into making this novel the best version of itself. There's a word in English which I really love, and it's the most appropriate way to describe Nelson: she's a wordsmith, period. What she does with her writing in this book is just masterful. Even the little things I wasn't feeling at first, like the instalove beginnings for some of the romantic plots, ended up winning me over. So yeah, I can tell these characters and their family saga will stay with me for a long, long time. Look, I hope we don't have to wait another decade for her next work, but if it's gonna be as brilliant as this and I'll Give You the Sun, I'm more than willing to wait.

[clockworkbee]

wondering if maybe he was dreaming. Something didn’t feel real. He’d get a similar feeling sometimes when reading became more like breathing and he knew he’d left real life and his soul had transferred from his body into the story. But he’d never felt this way with another person — because of another person.

—Miles Fall, When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson

It is him. Real and everything. Sometimes I wonder if I’m making the whole thing up and if someone were looking down from above they’d see me alone all day, talking and laughing by myself in the middle of a forest.

—Noah Sweetwine, I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

[gansey-like]

Perfect Miles Fall crash out save meeeeeeee

[starleete]

Miles couldn’t stop himself. You love him more than me?

Don’t ask me that.

I don’t need to now. You just told me.

When the world tips over by Jandy Nelson