I know the whole intent was to make this about discovering yourself while balancing the weight of the church and church expectations…. But for me, it felt a little heavy handed. The “it’s okay to be gay” at the end wasn’t really well balanced, so for me I wouldn’t EVER suggest this for a young adult. I’d honestly cater this to those that are gay that came from religious homes and are FULLY comfortable about who they are…. I feel like it takes a certain level of understanding and therapy based knowledge to actually make this one palatable. ( )

God I have so much to say about this book...
It was on my to-be-read-list for a while and it wasn't even on the top list of the list.
After finishing my last book I had no new one that really caught my interest. So I spend a few days going through my to-be-read-list and finally decided on "Her Name in the Sky" on a whim.
I didn't know what to expect and wasn't really looking forward to the high school setting, but this book...
The longing wasn't just described it was felt! Crazy good!
If only the book wasn't so full of religious stuff, particularly in the last fourth... I personally can't understand how someone can go through all of this and still believe in any way. Maybe that's just my atheist ass being unable to comprehend how anyone can actually believe in fairytales like religion.
At the same time I seem to be able to empathize with Baker more than many other people in the reviews here. I think she is a great best friend who was deeply terrified and made mistakes. A very human character in that way in my opinion.
This one is a gem and a book I was looking for for years, without even realising it.
Ok, I'm of to the black hole of books that can't compare to this.
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“Her Name in the Sky” is a roller coaster of emotions. And on this roller coaster, you cross themes like religion, love, friendship and hate and discrimination. I found the bundling of these themes exciting but at the same time frustrating because it confronted you with a lot of pain.

You follow the main character, Hannah, and her coming of age. As usual at this age, she has to overcome some difficulties, such as heartbreak. Besides her, the author also introduces a few of her friends. Some of them were redundant, and it became too much with all these characters in the story.

However, one of these characters is Baker. She is Hannah’s best friend and her love interest. And the latter causes a lot of problems because Baker keeps hurting Hannah as she is not aware of her own feelings. I could empathise with her inner conflicts caused by her sexual orientation. When you come to a point in your life where you realise who you really are, it can throw you off track. But honestly, Baker was selfish and drove me crazy with her heinous behaviour.

I found this book to be average. It is neither bad nor exceptional. But the behaviour of some characters was just annoying to me. I can understand that some readers find issues like coming out in a religious setting important for themselves, though.

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G o d this pulled at every heartstring I have and hit wayyy closer to home than I anticipated going in.

Girls are in love, and it's heartbreaking, and sad for a while but no one dies!!!! And sisters are amazing!! And oh man this hit me hard, and I'm still reeling. ( )

A good book going through the journey of two girl's acceptance of their sexualities and feelings they have for each other. I'm sure that people with a religious background (in this case, a Catholic one) would relate to this book much more than I did. I'll be honest, it was hard reading through the last few chapters, it seemed very realistic to me and I think that's just the cold truth. Please know beforehand that there is a fair bit of homophobia from some of the character's in here but the book ends at a positive note. Don't expect to get a rom-com type of romance in this though! ( )