Broxton, Anthony (1 December 2022). "The lessons of Liz Truss's political obituary". Tribune . Retrieved 16 December 2022. Culbertson, Alix (20 October 2022). "Liz Truss resigns as prime minister". Sky News. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022 . Retrieved 20 October 2022. I just kind of wish a book about angels falling out of the sky was a bit more exciting!!!! But you can’t always get what you want. 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.

Five days after Truss announced her resignation, HarperCollins announced a second change in subtitle, this time to The Inside Story of the Unexpected Rise and Rapid Fall of Liz Truss, and moved the publication date forward, to 1 November for the ebook edition and 24 November for the print and audio editions. In a press release, HarperCollins quoted Cole and Heale as saying, "The irony is not lost on us that our biography of a politician whose rise and fall was built upon her ability to shapeshift with startling speed, has itself now needed a lightning retool to keep up with her." [5] Contents [ edit ] This really hit the spot for me! I loved the fantastical elements mixed into the real world, while delivering amazing character development for all of the main characters. I loved the ending....I was concerned at several points that it was going to go one way or the other, which I wouldn't have been happy about, but it ended up being perfect! 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. Overall this was fun, and I thought worth the read! I usually have a very hard time reading books due to my ADHD and much prefer audiobooks, so it's a pretty high honor that I was able to finish this in just two days! (That and the fact that this book is pretty short which is definitely a strong plus in my book!) Jaya is a wonderful MC. She's mourning her mother, dealing with her distant father and little sister, and the sudden disappearance of her on-again, off-again sort-of girlfriend all while mysterious, angelic Beings are falling from the sky. Jaya is comfortable with her sexuality--which is wonderful, really, and far too uncommon to read about. As a questioning teen I would have LOVED to read about Jaya, about how her sexuality isn't at the center of her problems, how, really, it's the LEAST of her problems. She struggles with guilt, and anger, and confusion and her world has changed in so many irrevocable ways. Her relationship with her father and younger sister are both poignant and frustrating and difficult and I loved how her family was written. I loved how lived-in the characters felt, how they seemed real and not just constructed.Some aspects of the novel that made this a 4 star instead of a 5 star: some miscommunication that I felt was pretty unavoidable and near, close but not quite cheating? Seems like a bit of a pattern seeing as this was also employed in Jay's Gay Agenda. I also thought the writing could've been better, though I found myself pretty satisfied with the writing as is. You don't know me and probably will not be able to comprehend what that means but I was being late for a music festival in the middle of the summer in one of the sunniest cities in Europe so I can finish reading this bloody book (for the first time). And there are very few books capable of making me almost miss Foo Fighters' live a good 1000 km away from my home. With its simple writing style and characters this book feels like it's written for an even younger audience than the average young adult novel. It would be unfair to give a negative rating just because I'm too old to enjoy this book properly.

Character MVP: ....I guess Sean? They were all a little flat and one-dimensional and hard to connect or invest in. I would like to thank the publishers Pan Macmillan and the team at MyKindaBook for sending me a physical ARC in exchange for an honest review. This standalone novel was definitely one that really appealed to me but being nervous to read, I don't have the most positive of experiences reading angel books or mainly books that feature angels. But this one was different, it was good but had a few areas which I wasn't particularly keen on. What I did like mostly does revolve around representation. It's really nice to see not only a whole society of people without a gender binary, but also a love interest happily using they/them pronouns and no one flinching. It's also nice to see a larger main character and love interest, and never have body image become a barrier.Heale tweeted in response: "Your copy is in the post, thanks @Keir_Starmer". [12] Private Eye accused Starmer of stealing the joke from the issue they had published that day, which referred to Out of the Blue as "Due out on 8 December. (The book, that is. Not its subject.)". [13] The characterization of the angel we follow through the story is equally breathtaking. She's so mysterious and incredible, and you can literally feel yourself as fascinated as the characters themselves. I loved how the author chose to make her into this strong and eerie creature that is also incredibly soft and curious and simply adorable. It's like the author thought of everything to make this character as realistic as possible, and she definitely did it well: she managed to write such alien behavior and inhuman habits that the angel literally felt out of this word, and her character was simply on point. I especially loved the way she spoke, with incomprehensible yet lovely words that sound like a melody, or how she later learned to speak to humans in her own way. She just was my favorite character, I truly loved her so dearly! Crest was pretty cool mermaid. I liked how he ended up having an open mind. He was a perfect balance to Sean. I think they worked really well together.

Out of the Blue: The Inside Story of the Unexpected Rise and Rapid Fall of Liz Truss is a non-fiction book about the British politician Liz Truss, written by Harry Cole and James Heale, published as an ebook on 1 November 2022 and in print and audio on 24 November. So, this is one of the books where I couldn't write a review immediately after putting it down. When I closed Out Of The Blue, I felt so overwhelmed and completely lost I couldn't do anything but repeat "Wow" and "Oh My God" in some sort of trance. Another gripe that I had with the book overall (which is also why I would not classify it as Fantasy) is that the Beings are never really explained. I know some people are not bothered by Fantasy elements like this but I always end up being a little frustrated. I wanted to know where the Beings come from, why the Beings are falling and all that. If you're looking for answers, this is not the book for you. I was invested enough in the overall storyline and characters to still find a lot of enjoyment in the story but I'm not gonna lie – it's frustrating. I want to start by saying that I wasn't a far of this author's YA debut, Jay's Gay Agenda. I wasn't expecting much coming into this novel, which may be why I was pleasantly surprised: it really seems as though the author took some of the criticisms for Jay's Gay Agenda in stride and used them to improve. Gone are the constant out of touch pop culture references (thank GOD) and in is a more structured storyline and better rounded characters. Like, his decision is really "my authentic self" vs "sex." You'd give up your entire life just because you have good physical chemistry with someone?a b c d e f g Hinsliff, Gaby (23 November 2022). " Out of the Blue review – the rise and fall of Liz Truss". The Guardian . Retrieved 16 December 2022. What if you are not alone in your hardest moment? What if there is someone to share it with you? What if the crash comes but this time there's someone to catch you?

Verdict: I really, really wanted to love this. A queer mermaid romance featuring competitive swimmers? YES. What I mean is that there are two different stories here, the angels falling from the sky and Jaya's family drama, and they are not connected at all except for the fact that Jaya and her family seem to be making it all about them. Which is the point, I get it, they're trying to find ulterior meaning in something that effectively works like a natural disaster (in that it has nothing to do with them, at least--once again GIVE ME THE ANGEL POLITICS). But like. That belongs in a novel that is not hiding a more epic story behind it. A novel that seems to be determined to refuse to make its main characters relevant to the wider world. The romance is understated and sweet. Allie, the love interest, is tough and smart and kind and stubborn and I loved her so much. She is disabled and her disability is discussed by the characters at length. While I am not disabled in the same way and thus feel unequipped to comment on whether Allie's relationship to her disability is positively or negatively represented, I do suffer from chronic illness and I totally get the unfairness of it and I appreciated seeing a character like Allie in a book like this.If you're into numbers and not that much into words: OUT OF THE BLUE has a disabled bi MC and POC lesbian MC falling in love during times of falling angels. Since I do not want to spoil, I will tell nothing more. It's always hard to give a bad review to an author whose previous book I really like. But sadly, Out of the Blue was a massive disappointment for me, and I had to struggle to finish its last part. This was an absolute joy. It was funny, warm hearted, angsty, magical and messy. The references to The Little Mermaid made my heart sing. Sean specifically was such a wonderful character to follow and I grew to love the messy and petty but lovable Crest. This was such a fun twist on a rom-com and seeing such casual non-binary and plus sized rep was a joy. This is why hope is dangerous: it it’s taken away, you’re left with even less than you had before.”At the risk of sounding like the kind of completely negative person I try so hard not to be, Out of the Blue is literally the first new book I’ve read in 2018 that I’ve liked. Seriously. I have no idea what this says about me, but if you take anything away from that statement, it should be that this book is amazing. When I first heard about Out of the Blue, all I was hearing about was ‘fallen angels’ and ‘f/f’ romance so it was easy to jump to the conclusion that there were sapphic angels! There isn’t, but the relationship between Allie (who is disabled and bisexual), and Jaya (who is Sri Lankan and a lesbian) was lovely and heartwarming. And it is a huge part of the book so no need to worry about that.