Pieces of sky trinity doyle6/20/2023 The faceless girl paintings similarly rang a little as a plot device, though I was drawn into the portrayal of Cam as a disturbed-artist type of character. The person sending the texts went to great lengths to hide their identity, but their motivation wasn’t completely believable for me. The mystery drew me in, but there was something a little contrived about it. Before he died he painted a series of images of a girl without a face. There’s an element of mystery too – somebody is sending cryptic messages to her dead brother’s phone. Pieces of Sky weaves together Lucy’s grief, her efforts to find answers, her tentative re-connection with an old friend, and the discovery of a new love. She misses her brother and is left with big, heavy questions: Why did he die? Was it an accident? Did he kill himself? Her parents are shattered and her life has been hollowed out – she is a competitive swimmer who, since her brother’s death, can no longer do the thing that she loved and around which her identity has been built. Lucy’s older brother Cam drowned eight weeks ago. From the moment I saw the beautiful cover design and read the hook of the opening sentence, I loved this book. Pieces of Sky is a debut YA novel by Australian author Trinity Doyle.
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