Out of the Blue
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Out of the Blue
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Narrated by:
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André Santana
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Neo Cihi
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By:
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Jason June
About this listen
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
From Jason June, author of the breakout teen debut novel Jay’s Gay Agenda, comes Out of the Blue, a stand-alone dual POV queer rom-com that asks if love is enough to change everything you’ve grown up believing. Perfect for fans of Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas and Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly.
Crest is not excited to be on their Journey: the month-long sojourn on land all teen merfolk must undergo. The rules are simple: Help a human within one moon cycle and return to Pacifica to become an Elder—or fail and remain stuck on land forever. Crest is eager to get their Journey over and done with. Humans are disgusting. They’ve polluted the planet so much that there’s a floating island of trash that’s literally the size of a country.
In Los Angeles with a human body and a new name, Crest meets Sean, a human lifeguard whose boyfriend has recently dumped him. Crest agrees to help Sean make his ex jealous and win him back. But as the two spend more time together, and Crest’s perspective on humans begins to change, they’ll soon be torn between two worlds. And fake dating just might lead to real feelings . . .
This sophomore novel from Jason June dives into the many definitions of the word home and shows how love can help us find the truest versions of ourselves.
©2022 Jason June (P)2022 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about Out of the Blue
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 23-10-2023
If aquamarine sucked
Definitely at the younger end of ya but was weirdly sexual for such basic text. For example it spends a solid chapter explaining pronouns at the beginning and then by about 3/4 through you get the line “condom pulses in my wallet” I’m all for safety but it just doesn’t match. The characters were just annoying to me and had very repetitive dialogue and made the same revelations every other chapter. Further, they felt very bland and one dimensional, characterised by they’re 2-3 traits/ hobbies and never explored further. The amount of fights/ monologues where they said senseless shit but acted like they invented philosophy sent me in a spiral.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 22-07-2023
Unoriginal, lazy and poorly written.
Im not surprised this is a NYT Best Seller… I’m shocked anyone would publish this trash in the first place.
I listened to to Audiobook after using 1 credit and I’m so glad I didn’t waste money this.
I used to think it couldn’t get worse than Twilight or 50 Shades, but Jason June proved me wrong.
SYNOPSIS:
Crest, a person, must undergo a journey being human for one month on land and perform a selfless act to help a human or he will not be able to return to “the blue.” He meets Sean, a gay lifeguard that has just been dumped and together they divide a plan to win Sean’s ex back by pretending to be together.
THE BAD
The writing is awful and lazy, sometimes laughably bad, but most times just infuriatingly awful and lacking in imagination or originality. Jason June literally pulls dialogue and scenarios from other, better written mer-based stories, lifting dialogue from The Little Mermaid and even Miss Congeniality and passing it off as his own. He even hypocritically condemns the movie Splash due to a character in the film drip pennies to look up women’s skirts. He calls this problematic, but then proceeds to have his own characters glancing at each other’s crotches multiple times. He also takes a scenario from the end of Splash and uses it as his own ending here with very minor details changed.
June’s poor writing and lack of originality leads him to repeat various phrases (donkey laugh, what the flick, blue beyond” over and over again.
The mer-people are all non-binary and don’t label their sexuality, loving whoever they love regardless of gender. This could have been a very interesting part of the story when Crest comes on land and June has the perfect opportunity to tell a YA story about diversity and acceptance, but never touches on that. Instead, he gives us a typical old-as-time and overused wannabe rom-com that offers nothing new, says nothing of significance and is overall just painfully shallow and predictable.
Nearly every single character is LGBTQIA+, so when June tells you that representation matters… it doesn’t matter here because there is NO diversity at all. From the main characters to the best friends to the popular jock to the parents… everyone falls under the same rainbow. It’s a nice fantasy - living in a world where no one is judged by gender or sexuality - but considering the current political climate we’re in, this would’ve been the perfect opportunity to say something meaningful and thought provoking for younger audiences.
Worst of all, every single character is a horrible person that lies, cheats and backstabs continuously throughout the story and none of them ever take accountability, always blaming others for their issues.
The performances by the audio actors are terrible.
André Santana as Sean does the best he can with the poor source material he’s given to work with, but even he can’t save a poorly written character with no redeeming qualities.
Neo Cihi as Crest/Ross gives one of the most infuriatingly awful performances ever committed to audio. Every lone, be it action or dialogue, sounds like he’s gritting his teeth and punching out every word with arrogance and bitterness, making Crest instantly unlikable from beginning to end.
It used to be that you had to have knowledge, skill and talent for writing in order to get published. None of that is true anymore. A 5th grader could’ve written this and probably come up with a better written story that’s actually worth telling.
THE GOOD
…. it ends eventually.
Don’t waste your time with this.
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