Alone With You in the Ether

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This is what I get when I go into a book expecting it to become a new favorite based on the synopsis and glowing reviews. The fact that I even finished this book is an accomplishment for me because I came thisclose to dnfing it more than once.

Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake (Paperback, 2020) Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake (Paperback, 2020)

They drummed against the threading of his jeans, impatient, while his left hand continued the motion of faux-smoking. I could study you for a lifetime, carrying all of your peculiarities and discretions in the webs of my spidery palms, and still feel empty-handed. This is, ultimately, a literary romance, one with grit and uncomfortable explorations into themes of mental health, co-dependency, compulsive self-sabotage and the ways the veil of illusion begins to slip as relationships progress and we must decide to crack or embrace that ‘ it is perilously wonderful to suffer so sweetly with you. i found myself looking forward to hearing their thoughts on different theories and ideas and learning something new.They are difficult characters but they still deserve to feel love and there were fleeting moments I felt this book was akin to Sally Rooney characters. Olivie lives in Los Angeles with her husband and new baby, where she is generally tolerated by her rescue pit bull. If you’re looking for a book you will want to talk about for a long time (and have plenty of people to talk to about it), The Atlas Six is it.

Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake - Dymocks Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake - Dymocks

I liked all of the same things you guys liked: Aldo, the poetic writing, the nuanced observations on the human condition, the romantic tragedy of it all. It does touch close to the romanticization of mental health struggles being a gateway to good art, which is a troubling perspective, though that doesn’t seem the intent. Alone With You in the Ether finds Regan and Aldo caught in each other’s gravitational attraction of love, a love that scorches through them and their physical selves to expose their very essences as forces navigating either by emotion or logic. If this is what it is to burn, he thought, then I will be worth more as scattered ash than any of my unscathed pieces.the narrative definitely gives off the vibe that its trying too hard, not to mention how inconsistent it is in a few different ways. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes an intimate and contemporary study of time, space, and the nature of love. A glimpse into a joining of hearts and minds as Aldo and Charlotte meet and fall ever deeper into love. i know it says a love story on the front, but this book is very much about mental health + choosing to not be medicated for mental health conditions. As someone who can't imagine going off medication atp, the author's story was so relatable and so inspiring.

Alone with You in the Ether - Macmillan

This chilling story of ambition and magic will make you question your own morals as you grow to love (and hate) its fascinating, ruthless cast of characters. The craziest part about this story--through Olivia Blake's words, we ride all the rollercoaster of emotions Regan encounters.To love a person was to forfeit the need to place limits on them, and therefore to love was to exist in a constant, paralyzing threat. Regan is a fascinating character, one who is certainly flawed and can be rather frustrating at times but you want her to learn to love herself for herself and not because someone else does. While I don't enjoy a traditional sappy love story, I did enjoy reading about this rather unconventional couple in a storytelling format that is as unconventional as the characters. The way they love each other, the way they know each other ahhsjajajjak I am utterly, wholly, completely ruined by this book and aldoregan.

Alone with You in the Ether: A Love Story|Paperback Alone with You in the Ether: A Love Story|Paperback

I highly recommend Alone With You in the Ether to anyone who wants to read something honest about love, and life itself. Deliveries to destinations outside Australia are made by DHL courier, and cannot be made to post office boxes. the moment i read the last paragraph of this book, i thought ah, i would never find a book like this. But in the blazing glory of their initial infatuations we see clear into them and the very essence of their beings, with Regan representative of art and Aldo representative of science. This was a book that was clearly a labour of love for the author whose endnote explained her motivations in writing this book.I would have enjoyed it if Blake continued this style more through the book as I missed it, but once the characters are established it instead turns more inward as they attempt to have more of a harness on their own narratives.