--- product_id: 36823138 title: "We All Looked Up" price: "€ 22.31" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.nl/products/36823138-we-all-looked-up store_origin: NL region: Netherlands --- # We All Looked Up **Price:** € 22.31 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** We All Looked Up - **How much does it cost?** € 22.31 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nl](https://www.desertcart.nl/products/36823138-we-all-looked-up) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: We All Looked Up: 9781481418782: Wallach, Tommy: Books Review: Feeling Mad or Dad About Our World Right Now? - Then this is the book for you. So far beyond most YA, it's like the difference between the plot force of the asteroid hurtling towards the earth in this novel and a whiffle ball tossed at your ankle by a crabby toddler. So full of life and joy and loss and longing that it will invigorate any thoughtful reader of any age - I am 48 and consider myself lucky to live in a universe shared with Tommy Wallach. Wow. This guy is a major talent and I can't wait to get my eyeballs on everything else he's written! Set in present day Seattle, this is the story of 4 teenagers from the same high school (but from very different layers of the social strata), who along with everyone else in earth have learned there's about a 66% chance the planet will be destroyed in 6 weeks by an asteroid (or a meteor?) named Ardor. Which has a way of making everybody question their most basic assumptions about life, even and especially teenagers. Now that "the future" has all but disappeared, what will they do in the time remaining? Does anything matter at all anymore, or does every single thing matter more with each passing minute in the countdown to the most likely end of the world? I loved the characters, the dialogue, the story, and maybe most of all I loved how this novel made me think about my own life, loved ones, and our weirdly durable but incredibly fragile world - even changed the way I read the news in these volatile days of extreme partisanship. Thank you Tommy Wallach! Review: 66.7% chance of a direct hit - We All Looked Up unfolds like a pre-apocalyptic Breakfast Club, with a lot of character depth and a lot to say about teens struggling with their identities and futures. The book follows four main characters, and I’ll introduce them by their high-school types, even though they all have so much more complexity than the type. Peter is the athlete with a scholarship, Eliza is the girl with the bad reputation, Andy is the skateboarding slacker in a band, and Anita is the overachiever headed to Princeton. Author Wallach intertwines their stories, alternating the narration—not first person, but about as close to first person as third-person limited can allow. Instead of chapters, there are ten parts, broken into narration for each of the characters. Structurally, it’s expertly handled, and even when the characters’ paths cross, there’s never a doubt whose headspace the reader primarily inhabits. The first part introduces the characters very nicely, giving enough of their family background as well. And each have a moment where they catch the first glimpses of the asteroid ARDR-1388 (later referenced as Ardor—a name rife with symbolism). What most impressed me in this part was how each character noticed the next one to be introduced. This gave the story incredible fluidity, given the usually difficult convention of multiple narratives. It’s not forced at all here. The story progresses into their divergent ways of initially dealing with the news that there’s a 66.7% chance the asteroid will hit. Peter starts volunteering more. Eliza documents events with photographs on her blog. Andy just wants to lose his virginity. Anita wants to rebel against her overbearing parents and become a singer. All their goals are true and believable, but this book is about the journey more than the destination, and watching their journeys converge and collide and change and grow was what this book was really about. These characters are interconnected from the get-go, in ways that are superficial (Peter’s younger sister “Misery” dates Andy’s bandmate Bobo), and shocking (I won’t reveal how others are), but it goes with an idea presented in the book that they’re a part of a karass. As Kurt Vonnegut describes it, a karass is a group of people unpredictably but spiritually linked together. That got me to thinking about the television show Lost, and when I start comparing a book to that show, the book is affecting me on a profound level. These characters—like many young adults (or people in general)—were lost in their own ways, but can they come together for a greater good—even if that greater good is throwing a kick-ass end of the world party? My biggest issue with the book, unfortunately, is the large volume of inappropriate behavior: foul language, violence, drinking and drug use, and disrespect for parents and authority in general. I’m not asking for squeaky clean teenage characters—I’m a high school teacher and I understand reality—and I want my teen characters to be flawed and to make mistakes and even to sound and act realistically. They do most of the time, but for a few parts before the final one, the situations they find themselves in read a little too outlandish. Their parents (not fully realized characters by any means) become almost non-existent, and though a book about the characters sitting safe at home would be boring to read, believability is lacking in those few parts. The final part, however, is well executed. I won’t spoil it here, but I liked where three out of four main characters ended up. And I though the philosophical questions that are raised—particularly by Eliza—are really strong. The structure of the book is great. The four main characters are complex, relatable, and interesting to read about. The story is less about the asteroid and more about the theme of doing what we can with the time we have. They all collide together well for about 66.7% of the book, which makes it looking up at FOUR STARS. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #235,943 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #58 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction about New Experiences (Books) #96 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Death & Dying #219 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Dating & Sex (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (997) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | Grade level | 9 and up | | ISBN-10 | 1481418785 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1481418782 | | Item Weight | 12.8 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 416 pages | | Publication date | August 30, 2016 | | Publisher | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | | Reading age | 14 years and up | ## Images ![We All Looked Up - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61tgsEPVB5L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Feeling Mad or Dad About Our World Right Now? *by K***R on October 9, 2018* Then this is the book for you. So far beyond most YA, it's like the difference between the plot force of the asteroid hurtling towards the earth in this novel and a whiffle ball tossed at your ankle by a crabby toddler. So full of life and joy and loss and longing that it will invigorate any thoughtful reader of any age - I am 48 and consider myself lucky to live in a universe shared with Tommy Wallach. Wow. This guy is a major talent and I can't wait to get my eyeballs on everything else he's written! Set in present day Seattle, this is the story of 4 teenagers from the same high school (but from very different layers of the social strata), who along with everyone else in earth have learned there's about a 66% chance the planet will be destroyed in 6 weeks by an asteroid (or a meteor?) named Ardor. Which has a way of making everybody question their most basic assumptions about life, even and especially teenagers. Now that "the future" has all but disappeared, what will they do in the time remaining? Does anything matter at all anymore, or does every single thing matter more with each passing minute in the countdown to the most likely end of the world? I loved the characters, the dialogue, the story, and maybe most of all I loved how this novel made me think about my own life, loved ones, and our weirdly durable but incredibly fragile world - even changed the way I read the news in these volatile days of extreme partisanship. Thank you Tommy Wallach! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 66.7% chance of a direct hit *by P***I on April 23, 2016* We All Looked Up unfolds like a pre-apocalyptic Breakfast Club, with a lot of character depth and a lot to say about teens struggling with their identities and futures. The book follows four main characters, and I’ll introduce them by their high-school types, even though they all have so much more complexity than the type. Peter is the athlete with a scholarship, Eliza is the girl with the bad reputation, Andy is the skateboarding slacker in a band, and Anita is the overachiever headed to Princeton. Author Wallach intertwines their stories, alternating the narration—not first person, but about as close to first person as third-person limited can allow. Instead of chapters, there are ten parts, broken into narration for each of the characters. Structurally, it’s expertly handled, and even when the characters’ paths cross, there’s never a doubt whose headspace the reader primarily inhabits. The first part introduces the characters very nicely, giving enough of their family background as well. And each have a moment where they catch the first glimpses of the asteroid ARDR-1388 (later referenced as Ardor—a name rife with symbolism). What most impressed me in this part was how each character noticed the next one to be introduced. This gave the story incredible fluidity, given the usually difficult convention of multiple narratives. It’s not forced at all here. The story progresses into their divergent ways of initially dealing with the news that there’s a 66.7% chance the asteroid will hit. Peter starts volunteering more. Eliza documents events with photographs on her blog. Andy just wants to lose his virginity. Anita wants to rebel against her overbearing parents and become a singer. All their goals are true and believable, but this book is about the journey more than the destination, and watching their journeys converge and collide and change and grow was what this book was really about. These characters are interconnected from the get-go, in ways that are superficial (Peter’s younger sister “Misery” dates Andy’s bandmate Bobo), and shocking (I won’t reveal how others are), but it goes with an idea presented in the book that they’re a part of a karass. As Kurt Vonnegut describes it, a karass is a group of people unpredictably but spiritually linked together. That got me to thinking about the television show Lost, and when I start comparing a book to that show, the book is affecting me on a profound level. These characters—like many young adults (or people in general)—were lost in their own ways, but can they come together for a greater good—even if that greater good is throwing a kick-ass end of the world party? My biggest issue with the book, unfortunately, is the large volume of inappropriate behavior: foul language, violence, drinking and drug use, and disrespect for parents and authority in general. I’m not asking for squeaky clean teenage characters—I’m a high school teacher and I understand reality—and I want my teen characters to be flawed and to make mistakes and even to sound and act realistically. They do most of the time, but for a few parts before the final one, the situations they find themselves in read a little too outlandish. Their parents (not fully realized characters by any means) become almost non-existent, and though a book about the characters sitting safe at home would be boring to read, believability is lacking in those few parts. The final part, however, is well executed. I won’t spoil it here, but I liked where three out of four main characters ended up. And I though the philosophical questions that are raised—particularly by Eliza—are really strong. The structure of the book is great. The four main characters are complex, relatable, and interesting to read about. The story is less about the asteroid and more about the theme of doing what we can with the time we have. They all collide together well for about 66.7% of the book, which makes it looking up at FOUR STARS. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My 13yo son loved it! *by J***Y on June 15, 2021* Bought this for my 13yo and this is his review: We All Looked Up is a story not of catastrophe or violence though there is much of it nonetheless. This book is a story of figuring out how you want to be seen. It talks about shedding all labels and coming together as a group or as it says in the book, a karass. All different people are represented but in the end, faced with major catastrophe, they all share the bond of friendship and as people. There are no labels anymore, just one collective group of people who strive to live their lives, however short they may be, together and as a people — a collective whole. A family of outsiders in a world where everyone is now an outsider. Written from all of the characters’ points of view, this books is chock full of heart, humor, and love. Explicit content in the book. 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