Out of the Blue: The inside story of the unexpected rise and rapid fall of Liz Truss

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a b Mata, William (25 October 2022). " Out of the Blue: Liz Truss book publication brought forward by one month". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022 . Retrieved 26 October 2022– via Yahoo!. The angels started falling from the skies 10 days after Jaya's mother died. Determined to catch one alive, and overcome with obsession, Jaya's father uproots their shattered family to Edinburgh. With her family reaching crisis point, and Jaya still struggling with her grief, the unthinkable happens - a Being lands at Jaya's feet, and an extraordinary relationship begins to take shape. Keir Starmer (19 October 2022). "Engagements". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol.720. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. col.679 . Retrieved 24 October 2022. So much of this book hinges on physical affection. Now, I don't mean this is a super sex positive book, or these characters care about physical affection. That's all fine. What I mean is, not only does sex as a topic come up at times where it feels really strange, and not only do we get random "as a top" moments where a character is bringing up his sexual role as a personality trait (weird but okay, man), but the thing that Crest thinks about the most when it comes to the biggest decision of their entire life is all about sex. The second Crest starts considering staying on land, it's about whether or not they want to give up human physical affection, if sex is better than the mer version, etc. They even try to reconnect to their old life by jumping into the mer version of sex with someone. Like, maybe it's me and my asexuality not at all understanding why you would base literally your entire future off of sex, but it sure did feel weird and surface level. Especially because Crest does such a 180 to get there, and yet they don't have an actual character arc to mirror it. Once she finally opens up to Nik about this past "trauma" he goes on and on in his inner monologue about how strong and brave she is. How she'd gotten over such a terrible hurt and he just admired the crap out of her for that, etc. etc.. It was really over-the-top with how perfect and wonderful she was and how perfect and wonderful Nik, in turn, was for thinking such perfect and wonderful things about her. Neither of these paragons seemed the least bit realistic.

I was provided an eARC copy through NetGalley in exchange for a complete and honest review. All opinions and quotes are taken from an unfinished version of the book. This is a book I probablydefinitely should have just written a mini-review of as soon as I finished it, but I was in a reading/writing/reviewing/blogging/life slump and I didn’t. I liked Baby Out of the Blue. It had some sad spots but so much joy too. It tugged at my emotions. Would love to explore around Greece too.

And, again, if you're looking for queer fluff and occasional allusions to The Little Mermaid, then this is a story you could have fun with.

Now, I don't mean that I'm finding fault with two hormone-riddled teenagers having sex as part of an overarcing storyline of romance. Anthony, Andrew (7 November 2022). "Out of the Blue by Harry Cole and James Heale – the salad days of Lettuce Liz Truss". The Guardian . Retrieved 16 December 2022. Loss is mathematical: two-thirds less laundry, two-thirds less washing-up, two-thirds fewer footsteps thundering down the stairs. Substract music blaring through the walls. Substract eyeliner smudges on the towels. Add silence. Add more silence. Having said that, I did write letters to my parents while I was away at boarding school when I was 17. My mother kept them and one day, after I had become a mother for the second time, she sent me all my old letters and asked me to write my memories from them for posterity. At the time I thought she was insane, but because I adore my mother I did as she asked.a b c d e Ivers, Charlotte (13 November 2022). " Out of the Blue by Harry Cole and James Heale: The Implosion of Liz Truss". The Times. London . Retrieved 16 December 2022. Were we meant to meet? I believe so, one hundred percent. But I need to live for myself, build my life, follow my dreams, before I can be somebody's partner. I want to find the love of my life, and I think there's a world where Crest could have been that, but I need to love myself -- *live* for myself -- first." Sean is the rom-com film director framing every life event (and most of the scenes in the book) as a framing shot.