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If You Could See the Sun

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i quite honestly thought that the invisible part of the story would be too unbelievable for me to read, but the author wrote it beautifully.

I’m the luckiest person ever for the chance to have buddy read this with one my favorite people Cara! it disappointingly falls short of truly capturing the essence of a fantasy book in any manner, shape, or form. If You Could See the Sun is a magical realism, young adult fantasy about a young woman named Alice, who one day starts turning invisible. Even a bit of added insight from the aunt would have helped enrich the mythos of Alice’s invisibility; instead, it exists mostly as just a convenient plot tool.after the encounter, suddenly, a wave of unease washes over her as she begins to shiver uncontrollably, her breath quickening and becomes invisible, realizing something is terribly wrong.

To begin with a less internal impression of the book's substance, the writing itself was textbook Wattpad. The enemies (or academic rivals) to lovers element between Alice and Henry, too, fell flat — not enough enemies and barely more lovers made for a rather stale dynamic. i would rather spend the rest of this train ride fighting with him than let him be alone with his thoughts and fears again. I loved seeing the cultural elements interwoven into the book, and the cover features a stunning graphic.my heart hurt so bad for her, especially when she starts really thinking about the “you’re still just a kid” comment from mr chen. She makes certain decisions that had me questioning her, but I can understand why she made them, because she was just trying to help her family, and speaking of which, I also loved her dedication to family. I was so excited for it that I picked it up as soon as I got an eARC (8 months from the release date as of writing this review), and I do not regret that decision one bit. But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if it’s worth losing her conscience—or even her life. But I like the class stuff tackled in the story, and I just wish the ending had packed a bit more punch.

I like the class struggle stuff, and how much Alice’s ambition and anti-heroic actions are tied to the unfortunate reality that she’s just starting with a lot less than her classmates and has to do a million times more work just to keep up. because when he is ahead of her, if just by one question, one mark, one inch, that is the only time he can be confident she's watching nobody but him. Their relationship with each other is fun, and I enjoyed seeing their relationship grow throughout the book. Liang paints a clear picture of what it’s like to struggle for certain advantages that are seemingly handed to others, skillfully exploring themes of classism and privilege via a sympathetic protagonist who feels—sometimes literally—invisible. I especially love that part about how The American Dream doesn’t necessarily have to happen in the US; Alice sounds like a character easy to root for!When she thinks nothing can be worse than this situation, after an award ceremony and ugly banters with her nemesis Henry, she feels like something is truly wrong. i do wish the enemies to lovers part had been played up to a little more, and the magic realism part too, because it wasn’t fully explained in the end what happened ⸺ but oh well. I expected there to be more consequence, or at least more character development as a result of this experience.

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