I feel like if I was younger I would have enjoyed this more.
While it started off interesting enough I feel like it was missing something to keep me invested throughout. I needed more than it was giving.

This book is amazing! I adored the way the history was told from the character's perspective. It's a unique. It realy has a beautiful writing. I can't wait to read more works of this author.

The Boy and Girl Who Broke The World by Amy Reed seemed on paper to be a very interesting read, however I have many unanswered questions such as why does the house keep shuddering? Why is there a big hole in the bedroom?
I struggled to get into this book, and is was in fact a well written book, but I just could not connect with the characters. Don't get me wrong, Lydia and Billy were well thought out characters, but I dont understand why the author tried to insert so many, in a way, awkward instances of magical realism, when the book could have stood so well on it's own without them.
There were so many things that were left unexplained and this book could probably have done with many more pages, to maybe resolve these things.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book.

3.5 stars

Billy Sloat has no friends, no parents, and lives with his mean grandma. Despite this, Billy is an optimist and always manages to put a positive spin on everything.
Lydia Lemon is a cynic with a chip in her shoulder. She lives with her dad in an apartment behind his bar and keeps her love for dancing a secret.
Billy and Lydia are opposites, yet they soon become friends.
Then weird things start happening, like fog consuming everything, Billy's house falling apart, and Lydia being followed by something.
Why are these things happening?
Are Billy and Lydia causing them?

I was going to start by saying that The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World is not your average YA contemporary, but I'm not even sure that it is a contemporary book given the fantastical elements.
I loved Billy straight away - he was so sweet and upbeat that it was hard not to like him. He lived a very lonely life until he met Lydia, and I wanted so badly to give him a hug and maybe even take him home so that I could look after him.
I liked Lydia too, especially reading her interactions with Billy. They were funny together and helped each other.
The plot was interesting and held my attention, but I felt like the pacing could have been better in the middle as it did drag a little.
The fantastical elements were really intriguing and made the book unique, but it was the themes of friendship and family and how they were handled/explored that made the book for me.
The writing style was engaging and easy to follow.
While I did enjoy this book, it didn't blow me away or have me on the edge of my seat.

Overall, this was an enjoyable, unique read.

This was a really interesting read and one I definitely would read again. I truly loved the writing style

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy. I voluntarily reviewed this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

The Boy and Girl Who Broke The World
By: Amy Reed

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I'm a fan of young adult fiction, but The Boy and Girl Who Broke The World was too juvenile for my taste. The premise of two teenagers trying to find their place in the world and with each other will be very appealing to a younger audience. I didn't get interested enough to really care about the characters. I did finish the entire book, but I wouldn't read it again.

This book was ok, but it was nothing to write home about. I might have DNF'd this book if it wasn't a review copy. I wasn't grabbed at all throughout the book, even though it had so much potential!

I really struggled with the writing style of this one and I thought that it would be something that I could push through and enjoy regardless, unfortunately that was not the case for me.

I really wanted this to be a book I could get behind.

Extraordinary character led drama which explores themes of friendship, family, self & responsibility through its quirky, singular characters. Surreal elements may divide the crowd but overall its a sincere, heart-warming, wonderful read!

Billy Stoat and Lydia Lemon don’t have much in common. Yet when their schools combine, they find themselves becoming friends.
Both socially inept, the teenagers have family backgrounds that make you want to cry. Yet the two keep a sense of humour, and actually come across very positively.
The story as such is not that exciting. Billy’s uncle (a famous singer) has a breakdown and returns to his home town. He hides away from everyone, relying on Billy to keep him fed. Then the town is hit by a tsunami.
It’s rather rambling, and could have been made more succinct but the appeal of this story was the two key characters, their developing relationship and their growing self-belief.
Thanks to NetGalley for granting me access to this prior to publication.

The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World is a surrealist gem which is absolutely fascinating. It has so much heart and soul oozing from each of its pages and is an emotional roller coaster ride of intense ups and downs; I was enthralled and immersed almost immediately. My favourite author is Haruki Murakami, the King of surrealist fiction, so this book was an intriguing and entertaining read for me. It's very well written although it really is evident that the market it's targeting is teens/young adults by the overly simplified wording and phraseology yet this was only a minor irritation.

It is a strange story, as all surreal fables are, so if you're a reader who prefers tales grounded in reality and with a plot that is structured like most other novels then this might not be for you. Important topics are explored in an adult and sensitive manner and I felt the characterisation really worked well. The friendship between our main protagonists, Billy and Lydia, was the most solid and fascinating aspect of the whole book for me. They are relatable, believable and their relationship was heart-warming as they had each others back throughout everything. Overall, this is a great option if you appreciate weird, surreal coming of age novels. Many thanks to Atom for an ARC.

I struggled to get into this and whilst it was well written I just couldn’t connect with the book, the plot or it’s characters. It felt a bit like one of many other books I’ve read before nothing stood out. sadly, not for me.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

I absolutely loved The Nowhere Girls. So I was very excited to see Amy Reed had a new book coming out. But unfortunately, I really did not enjoy this.

I wish I could explain exactly why, but I don't really know. I just didn't click with this book at all, and it became such a struggle to continue reading that I had to DNF it. Part of that is because I could not for the life of me tell the two different POVs apart. They sounded identical to me, and I did not enjoy the writing style, as it felt overly juvenile.

This book just truly blew me away. I thought the characters were so incredibly written and the plot was so intriguing and had me guessing throughout.

Lydia and Billy were both absolutely fantastic protagonists and I would happily read a whole trilogy about them because they really nestled themselves into my heart.

I would recommend this book to anyone and can’t wait to read more of Amy Reed’s work in the future!

This is a wild, weird book full of fantastically written characters. I loved the friendship between Lydia and Billy and their real life struggles were very relatable. I enjoyed this book and would highly recommend.

This book had an interesting premise. I instantly noticed that the writing was aimed at a younger audience, whilst still covering maturer themes. The writing felt like a generic contemporary and the characters unfortunately did not capture my attention.