“My pen got to rest a few minutes later when Danielle emerged from her room. I can’t quite remember what she was wearing because she was wearing her face, and her face has always upstaged any article of clothing she’s ever worn.
Okay, that’s a lie. I remember. It was an elegant brown dress that showed off her legs and hugged her curves and made me comfortable with the concept of reincarnation, because if there was an offside chance that it was true, then there was a slight chance that I could come back as a piece of fabric.”
Somewhere Over the Sun is the story, or journey, of a young imaginative writer named Alan who has the ability to bring his fiction to life. With the love and support of his father, he takes off on a journey across the country to write a vast array of stories (that will eventually be hugged by the cover of a book) for those he holds closest to his heart. Though his power has its limits and comes with an aching pain-in-the-head, his smile never wavers and his stories never settle for less than happily ever after.
As a debut novelist, Adi Alsaid has truly, not only impressed me, but inspired me as well. Adi gives life and a voice to inanimate objects that make them realistic and enlightening, yet imaginative and magical all in the same sentence. Description has never been so refreshing. It gives me hope that fiction can truly be reality if we give it a chance. Somewhere Over the Sun is a heartwarming story of friendship, family, and love in all respects that the word “love” is capable of. The characters were creative and unique, easily relatable, yet not really relatable at all with their strange and comical quirks. On multiple occasions I caught myself laughing out loud and, at the very least, with the corners of my mouth curled up in delight. I would have to say the best part of the book was most definitely Adi’s way with words and morphing them into luring metaphors and similes that make the reader believe in the impossible. There were times, though, that I felt the descriptive writing was the only thing pushing me forward. The storyline was beautiful and captivating, but throughout the middle of the book I felt it get lost every now and again. But, by the last third, I was so engrossed that I read it all in a few hours.
I deem Somewhere Over the Sun a must read, not only for the story, but for the elegant and renewed level of writing that this generation needs to remember still exists.
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Have a beautiful rest of the week!
LoMarie
