Orbiting Jupiter

Written By Tanya Ahmed
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Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
Reviewed by Tanya
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I came across Zoella ‘s book review video on YouTube and was enticed by the cover of this book - by the end of it I truly understood what they meant by “you should never judge a book by its cover". It’s a short novel, which was great as that’s the only reason I was able to finish it. Reading the blurb, I assumed this was going to be about two young adults around 16/17 but oh, how I was wrong. In fact it’s about two boys aged 12 and 14. It was all just a bit bizarre to me. It's definitely not one I'd read again or even keep. What happens in the story and even Joseph's personality was just unrealistic to me. I don't believe a child could be that mature or level headed in the situation he was in. "Jack, tells the gripping story of Joseph, who joins his family. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he’ll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice.“ It sounds way more interesting then it actually is.

Tanya Ahmed

Soy Tanya. I’m the youngest of the group...and I don’t really know what to say except that I find these things really awkward. When Linda first came to me with this idea of an online bookclub/review page I was 100% down, although I was a little worried and felt like backing out on many occasions as I felt like my reviews were awful - I’m not good with words at all. If anyone was to ask me a year ago how I found a book, I’d reply: “good” - that’s my review done. But being part of this club with such amazing girls has really made me a lot more confident and comfortable. So I’ll forever be grateful. It’s always a laugh when we’re together, we are guaranteed to get side-tracked but our meetings are always productive and a lot of fun. This is just the beginning for us. I like reading all kinds of books from different genres but prefer romance/YA. With work being full on I like feel-good books that are light and easy. I’m currently in the middle of reading a few books lol but sticking to The Zanzibar Wife by Rebecca Rodriquez. Reading for me is a form of escapism, just getting away from the stress of real life and getting lost in book and falling in love with characters. I can’t list my top 5 or even top 10 so here are a few of my all-time favourites: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo To all the boys I’ve loved before by Jenny Han, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseeini, The Forty Rules of Love by Shafa Kelif Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan.

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