The Floating Boy and the Girl Who Couldn’t Fly by Stephen Graham and Paul Tremblay (as PT Jones) | Rating: ★★☆☆☆

"Gravity sucks, yeah?"

The thing about this novel is that it had the potential to be something unique and really, really captivating. I was instantly concerned that it just wouldn’t work out, however, when I saw how short it was. Regardless, I did have high hopes for it. Unfortunately for me, it started off so slowly I wasn’t sure I’d really be able to focus myself on finishing it — but I did give it a chance because it really did seem promising and I hoped for some improvements over the span of the novel.

In terms of plotlines, it is unique in the midst of all that is young adult literature these days but even in its uniqueness it just didn’t fit with me. It wasn’t my cup of tea, but that shouldn’t frighten any of you away from giving it a go — it just wasn’t for me.

I couldn’t help but cringe at certain parts of the novel and immediately felt guilty in doing so because I really wanted to like this novel. But it felt like an odd mix between slow and fast — it lacked certain detailing in my opinion and left me a bit puzzled from time to time, almost as if I’d missed something big as I read.

Which was very, very frustrating.