The Space Between: Chaos. Questions. Magic. Welcome to your twenties.

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But maybe therein lies the point: maybe there is no resolution or conclusion because our priorities are fluid, our energy in flux and our time, while constant, subject to both of those things."

The Space Between - Sarah Ready The Space Between - Sarah Ready

The Space Between" is a YA novel that has its issues but there's a lot that it captured that was just right, too. My overall verdict is that it was worth reading, at least for me, because it resonated... Even when shes in difficult situations, or doing things she doesnt want to, or agree with, or makes questionable decisions... her soul somehow remains untainted. The part that resonated with me the most is the chapters within ‘Ambition’. As a millennial who has the tendency to link her identity with her career path and forever chasing the notion of ‘success’, i found myself nodding along with a lot of the thoughts that Zara discusses. High school is easy for some kids, and devastating for others. For Harper being popular is at times a lot to manage. You have carefully built a house of cards that you must mange to stay on top of. While Harper struggles internally with how she really feels, she has it easy compared to Sarah. How such a sweet soul, could have zero friends is beyond me. Sarah’s being shy has virtually no one in her corner till she meets Harper. Their friendship is sweet and fun, but the transition into more than friends isn’t easy.I will admit I have not listened to a single episode of Shameless but this book was outstanding. I resonated with every chapter and really really enjoyed their writing. I went in expecting a ‘how to guide to your twenties’ and I think that’s why I avoided reading it for so long - I don’t want a guide I’ll work it out myself, thanks. The Space Between defied my expectations, Zara and Michelle weren’t trying to encapsulate a universal experience. The Space Between by Michelle L. Teichman is a young adult coming of age story. It follows the lives of two 9th grade girls that have different experiences entering high school. The journey is sweet, goofy and sometimes agonizing as they both venture into uncharted territory.

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Okay.. real talk, I was drawn to this book initially because of the cover. I know that's horrible and you aren't suppose to "judge a book by its cover" but I just thought it was beautiful and so different. A grand adventure written on a canvas that probes the heart, weighs the soul and measures the human spirit across [centuries].” —CNN, on The Fiery Cross The book is written in four parts - Love, Ambition, Mind and Body, and Voice. Michelle and Zara write about heartbreak, friendship, being in love, careers, being lonely, not enjoying university, not making your bed, mental health, sex, shame, feminism and trauma. The most beautiful quote is at the end of this book and it literally brought me to tears. I hope every one takes the chance to read this book. I know that I will probably have to go out and find a copy right after I finish this review because when a book goes from a possible DNF to a 4 star rating, it deserves a place on my shelf. I don't think I can name anything I didn't like about it, to be honest. It was fun at times, at others sad, exciting, sweet... I have read a few similar stories, yes, but I still greatly enjoyed this one. It just felt so real, so honest, with well-written, relatable and likable (or unlikable) main and secondary characters to make me love it even more.

Nowadays? It depends. It seems strange that, in the day of gay marriage and lesbians now depicted in television, novels, history notes, on the internet, and celebrity personalities that being lesbian in high school would be so completely lonely, isolated, and unidentifiable? I did not have high expectations prior to reading this book and nor were they met. If you rated this anything above a 3 star - have you ever read a good book in your life? Shifting (third-person, which worked really well) narrative perspectives from chapter to chapter, the author effectively gives us an in-depth look into Harper's and Sarah's thoughts and emotions, often describing the same event from each girl's point of view. What this book got right is the feeling of being a teenager; the intensity of feeling and the microcosm of high school with the pressures it can entail. The book is divided into four sections; love, ambition, mind and body, and voice. It started slow for me, and the love chapters seemed like things I needed to read at twenty one rather than twenty nine, but I persisted and I’m glad that I did. I related to so many of the chapters on Ambition and was really moved by the penultimate chapter on voice.

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Nevertheless this book is important. In so many ways. It also covers topics like religion, bullying, toxic friendships and fitting in, especially being the way your family and friends want while forgetting yourself. The lists were fun (though probably didn’t translate as well narrated as it was harder to follow/more repetitive without the visuals) but not groundbreaking. While all four themes were articulate and empowering, I finished the sections about ambition and voice with tears in my eyes. It played on the universal understanding of what it feels like to be silenced or overlooked. In retaliation, the central message was that women deserve to use our voices, to enjoy our femininity, to demand whatever opportunities we crave, and to have courage to challenge and be challenged, or disliked even.This is the first novel I've read by Michelle L. Teichman and I was impressed enough with how she captured this specific experience to want to read more from this author. Yes, recommend. Andi tilts her chin, that defiant, stubborn, take-on-the-world look I’ve dreamed about for years. It means she’s going to say I do. She’s looking at him, holding his hands, and she’s going to say yes. I reach out my hand, as if I can stop it all with a gesture, and say raggedly, my lungs burning, “Andi, don’t.” I have to mention that the next biggest thing that I loved about this book was that this story took place in Canada. More specifically in Toronto. I've not read any YA with Toronto as a setting and I think that is sad. This city has so much to offer and is so culturally diverse that I am surprised that it is not always a place of interests in book. Its like the New York of the north. Either way learning that the author is Canadian and that the places they discussed in the book were relevant to me was an added bonus. I loved that the characters were ones you were able to watch grow in places Ive actually travelled too.

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This book is a prime example of how having a few thousand social media followers seems to make people think they are qualified to give expert life advice to people who are realistically just their peers. Please, please, please do yourself a favour and buy this book, you’re not only helping out these wonderful humans but you’re helping out YOURSELF by reading it. I feel like a new person. I am obsessed. ⁣The Space Between Worlds] remained two steps ahead of my imagination, rattling it out of complacency and flooding it with color and heat. . . . Profoundly satisfying.” —The New York Times Book Review(Editors’ Choice) Like most 20 something year old Australians, I listen to the Shameless podcast weekly. I look forward to the friendly and familiar voices of Michelle and Zara in my ears, while I catch up on all things pop culture. From the creators of the hit podcast Shameless : relatable ruminations on the mess, the madness and the magic of not-quite-adulthood.