kaz.brekkers.future.wife's Reviews > We Free the Stars

!!!!!BEYOND FIVE STARS!!!!!
!!!MINOR SPOILERS!!!
ok y'all. I'm bout to test out this new review title where I compare thee book to song lyrics.
Is it weird? most def
is it original? maybe

I loved this book with all my heart. It was 592 pages of pure heartbreak, sadness, and angst.

1) "you said you hated my tone, it made you feel so alone, and so you told me I had to be leaving"-Kettering, the antlers.

You know what hurts more than lovers to enemies. Friends-to bout-to-be-lovers to, you'll-never change-so-why-should-i-give-you-a-chance-to enemies. It's a form of pure, raw guilt and confession. And it hurts when both lovers have endured more than they should ever have to. There were so many times in this book where Nasir and Zafira were seconds away from a kiss, or a true-lovers moment. But something always festered their hearts, like a border or a dog collar that can zap the dog's neck. It was even sadder because they didn't reject each other because of hate, but because of fear. Their love brought out the best and worst in them. It made them whole, but wholeness means embracing the bad parts of yourself and ugly memories. And neither wanted to do that.

2)"I don't wanna be forward, I don't wanna cut corners" bags, clairo

I chose this lyric because I feel like it fit the characters. Zafira, Kifah, Nasir, Saif, and even Aya, were willing to do anything and everything to reach their goal. Whether it was the ultimate dream world, the end of one, or even just a world to themselves. It was awful, because they're just kids, and they put their own health and well-being and happiness on the sidelines just to secure someone else's. They would spend all night torturing themselves for not doing something "the right way" and feel guilty because they had to sacrifice one thing to salvage another. through Faizals beautiful writing, you could see the guilt and hurt and shame tearing them apart. Because being the hero means saving the day, and sometimes you have to do unheroic things to save even a minute of that day.

3) "I hope I don't murder me, I hope I don't burden you", the beach, the neighborhood

I listen to this song on repeat almost every day, because it's so relatable. I listened to it a while ago while reading we free the stars, and just fell apart. It broke me. I mean completely and utterly broke me. For one, the "i hope I don't murder me" really reminds me of Zafira. I mean, this girl worked all fucking day and night to save something that ruined her life. She gave up her town, her people, her job, her family, to help a bunch of murderers and misfits save something as powerful and dirty as magic. She lost herself in the process. The worst part is she doesn't even realize it. She's too busy worrying about the enemy, she can't even think about herself. And the "I hope I don't burden you" is so similar to Nasir's thoughts. This boy basically has a sign over his head, not in his handwriting, saying "FEAR ME, I'M AN EMOTIONLESS MURDERER", when in reality, he's just a scared boy suffering the penalty of heartache and loneliness. He never asked to have a ruthless father, or to be the prince. But that's become his life, that he fears his title might hurt people. It's just the saddest thing, watching them all fall apart because of something they never asked for.

THIS BOOK HAS MY HEART AND SOUL, EVERY FUCKING SHATTERED PIECE


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NOOOO. YOU MEAN IT"S OVER. I CRIED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THIS BOOK!!!!!
Faizal makes me believe in straight people again!!!
Review to come