The book had a lot of potential because it had multiple exciting angles. However, with Astrid’s lack of involvement in those similar emotions, it made me a passive reader, and so I just rolled my eyes at the teen drama. I, as a reader, found many scenes where I got frustrated or wanted to yell at the side characters. Her moment of anger, or let’s call it defiance, is shown only once in the book when she makes a declaration of her sexuality in an impromptu way. She doesn’t have any outburst of anger that is expected of any teenager. She is such a docile character that no matter what she was going through, she would never scream or yell. Today, I feel like maybe I should have kept some for myself for days when no one else loves me.”Īnother element of her character that deterred from the realistic path was the anger. I don’t know if I should be giving it all to you guys or not. I don’t know if love is something I will run out of one day. While it does make her sound like a sweet girl, when the love extends to the people she doesn’t even like, it starts seeming dramatic and idiotic. She also has a habit of sending love to these unknown passengers and other people in her life. The title of this book suggests one of her quirks where she asks passengers on airplanes questions regarding her personal life. However, she is written out to be too dramatic. She has troubles in life and has a realistic persona.
Dramatic charactersĪstrid, the protagonist of this book, is quite complicated. I could not connect to any of the emotions while reading this even if my mind agreed to all that was put forth. This book, despite being an emotive one, failed to tug on my heart-strings. It was an attempt by the author to make people understand how strenuous expectations can be and how people can buckle under peer pressure. The message that this book wanted to convey was quite clear. What matters is finding the truth of our own lives, not caring about what other people think is the truth of us.”
What matters is that we get out of here in one piece. “ All those people who are chained here thinking that their reputations matter and this little shit matters are so freaking short-sighted. It deals with important themes that every teenager or even adult must face in life, the expectations of the society, the attempt at perfection and living up to the standards of people’s wishes.
Ask the Passengers is not meant to be a light-hearted book.
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