Aj the Ravenous Reader's Reviews > We All Looked Up

2.75 stars?

A very philosophical YA contemporary story in the eyes of four stereotyped teenagers, the jock, the slut, the slacker and the over-achiever as they face the end of the world head on when they were given only two months to live before the high probability of an asteroid wiping earth from the face of the universe.

Looking back at it, it kind of felt like a crash course on philosophy, particularly on existentialism- what it really means to live although this is so much more well-written than reference books. If you’re looking for an action-packed, fast paced plot, you’ll get none from the book. To be honest, it was at large, uneventful and at times even dull to read and yet, it was thought provoking. I just couldn’t connect much with the characters, with their actions and decisions and it’s probably why I couldn’t fully appreciate the novel although they pretty much answer Andy’s question in the early parts of the book.

“How could you not look at the end of the world in the face and not go crazy?”

I may not be the biggest fan of the novel, but I think We All Looked Up is something both new and familiar at the same time and nowadays, to achieve these two things in a novel is a rarity.