![]() ![]() If you liked one, you'll probably like the other. The books have an identical premise, multiple POV's, and similar characters. Like 2013's TUMBLE & FALL by Alexandra Coutts, WE ALL LOOKED UP is a contemporary YA novel that follows a group of teens during the weeks before an asteroid destroys the planet. highly, highly unlikely) situation, and imagining what would happen in that situation. Still, this teen fiction tale does a nice job of creating an impossible (Ok. There were a few extras that the conclusion needed that just weren't there. As in the movie "The Breakfast Club," each of the four stereotyped characters turns out to be much more than they seem on the outside at the beginning of the book.I would almost give this a 4 star, but cut it back by a half because I found it impossible to believe Anita would ever, even with a coming apocalypse, be attracted to Andy, and because the ending wasn't quite satisfactory to me. ![]() The author imagines what would happen in society at large and to individuals up close, if we knew that we had only 12 weeks left to live. ![]() Each of 10 greater chapters has a lesser chapter devoted to each of these four characters. scientists can't quite pin it down for certain, but it looks like there's a 2/3 chance that the Earth will be obliterated.)The story follows four high school students in the final 12 weeks before the collision (or near collision).There is Peter (the jock), Andy (the slacker), Anita (the brain), and Eliza (the slut). An asteroid is on a collision course with earth (or maybe a near collision course. ![]()
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