Touching the Surface by Kimberly Sabatini
Touching the Surface by Kimberly Sabatini
Review of Touching the Surface
Title & Author:
Touching the Surface by Kimberly Sabatini
Publisher:
Simon Pulse
Publication Date:
October 30, 2012
Pages:
352
Source:
ARC TourExperience the afterlife in this lyrical, paranormal debut novel that will send your heart soaring.When Elliot finds herself dead for the third time, she knows she must have messed up, big-time. She doesn’t remember how she landed in the afterlife again, but she knows this is her last chance to get things right.
Elliot just wants to move on, but first she will be forced to face her past and delve into the painful memories she’d rather keep buried. Memories of people she’s hurt, people she’s betrayed…and people she’s killed.
As she pieces together the secrets and mistakes of her past, Elliot must find a way to earn the forgiveness of the person she’s hurt most, and reveal the truth about herself to the two boys she loves…even if it means losing them both forever. – Goodreads
Touching the Surface by Kimberly Sabatini blew my freaking mind. Touching the Surface is one of those books where I was going “what the effffff” all the way through and still found myself sobbing at the end.
I’m at a loss to describe my feelings for Touching the Surface. It was just unbelievably beautiful and freaking confusing and just one of those books that is going to stick with me.
I loved that Touching the Surface was a book involving the afterlife, but wasn’t pushing any beliefs down my throat. Kimberly Sabatini creates an amazing world out of the afterlife and what a concept it is. I loved all the different aspects, like delving into memories of their past life. And being able to alter their afterlife with just a thought, whether it’s adding in a lake or just simply changing a phrase on a t-shirt.
Touching the Surface has a lot of heart. The characters all felt so real and their issues were just heartbreaking. Because even though it was such a strange and unfamiliar setting, the issues were so real – loss, fighting with family, with best friends, heartbreak, etc. It was a really relatable story, even though the setting was just so mind-blowingly weird/awesome.
My review of Touching the Surface is a bit strange, but Touching the Surface by Kimberly Sabatini is a strange book – but in amazing way. The writing is beautiful, the story is heartbreaking, and despite my feelings of what in the world, I was just sobbing at the end of it all. It was hard for me to let go of the characters in Touching the Surface. Definitely be sure to pick it up!
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I’ve seen a lot of people post about this book and I was never quite sure if I wanted to read it. But, after your review, I believe I do!
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WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS? I love me some Simon books and this seems like a book I would absolutely adore WTF. Now, I shall be checking this out. All because you said things like “paranormal” and “beautiful, “and you know that’s what I live for.
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I finished this last night and I completely adored it, too. The book is strange, but so perfectly true unto itself. I didn’t question any of the world building in the slightest, because it all felt so right.
I didn’t sob, though. Haha. Then again, I almost never do.
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I really want to read this one. I’m way more excited now that I hear how much you love it.
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So glad to hear that you enjoyed this! I’ve been DYING to read TOUCHING THE SURFACE ever since I heard about it on Goodreads (that was months ago). An emotional and beautiful book that’ll stick with you for a long time? I’ll take that, thanks!
This book just got bumped up a few spots on my TBR list. ;)
Awesome review, Tara!
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I love strange books that make you go “what the eff!” So yeah, I’m definitely even more excited to read this. x] I already have a copy & I plan on reading it soon!
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That summary.
That cover.
Your review.
I have lots of feels about this.
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It is your passion and authenticity in writing this review that have completely convinced me that I NEED to read this book when I get the chance to. I love that it made you FEEL things.
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I have this book sitting beside my bed. I read a fantastic review for this one last night and yours is pretty amazing too. I already wanted to read it SO MUCH but now I’m dying to hurry hurry hurry and get to it like ASAP. (Seriously, I just looked to my right and eyeballed the prettiness of the book.)
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