Joanne Rossmassler Fritz

Representation: Minor Asian character
Trigger warnings: Disappearance of a brother, death of a grandmother and a father in a car crash in the past mentioned
Score: Seven out of ten.
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I haven't come across Everywhere Blue until a few days ago. No library had this one in physical form, but fortunately, I got an eBook edition from a library, so I picked it up. I glanced at the blurb, making it seem intriguing yet emotional. When I finally read Everywhere Blue and closed the final page, it was compelling.

It starts with the first person I see, Maddie, living her life with her family, which consists of a few distinctive characters. Aria's strong suit is music, Strum advocates for climate action while Maddie's father is a climate change denier. Strum disappears in the opening pages of the narrative, much to everyone's shock. Maddie spends most of the story trying to find Strum, initially to no avail. The fallout soon shows in the rest of the family as they fall apart and grow increasingly distant, especially with arguments that happen sometimes. Toward the final stretch of Everywhere Blue, Maddie finds a clue on Strum's whereabouts when she discovered he's studying a special type of butterfly in another country. Maddie soon spreads the news that Strum is alive in Mexico, but unfortunately, he won't return. The conclusion is bittersweet as Maddie is overjoyed upon seeing Strum again, while the rest of the family moved on from him. Wow.… (més)