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Alone with You in the Ether: A Love Story

par Olivie Blake

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Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML: *From the New York Times* bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes an intimate and contemporary study of time, space, and the nature of love. Alone with You in the Ether explores what it means to be unwell, and how to face the fractures of yourself and still love as if you're not broken.** CHICAGO, SOMETIME�?? Two people meet in the armory of the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with compulsive calculations about time travel; she is a bipolar counterfeit artist undergoing court-ordered psychotherapy. By the end of the story, these things will still be true. But this is not a story about endings. For Regan, life is a finish line of mutually assured disappointment. Her method of coping with the dreariness of existence is to project herself into imagined multipotency, spinning new threads of destiny with every impulsive decision she makes. For Aldo, life is a plague of constancy�??a structure of rules and formulas that keep him going, without which the entire frame of his existence would collapse. For both of them, life is a matter of resigning themselves to the blueprints of inevitability, until six conversations with a stranger form the variable that glitches the entire simulation. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied… (plus d'informations)

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The writing in this book is so beautiful! The story itself is hard to categorize because, although this is a love story that takes place from Regan's, Aldo's, and sometimes a fusion of themselves and their inner monologues's perspective, it is also expansive and discusses concepts in math and art as well. The story is also distinctly human and relatable in that it isn't over-romanticized or glossed over (especially with Regan's bipolar disorder and Aldo's implied neurodivergence). I just loved this book so much once I got into it and was really rooting for them throughout. All the side characters are also very fleshed out and well-written as well. It's been a long time since I've read a fiction book that wasn't a fantasy, sci-fi, or horror that I could get so into. Couldn't recommend it enough if you're looking to pine, but also get kind of heady and philosophical. (

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nessie_arduin | Feb 1, 2024 |

'Alone with You in the Ether' crafts a unique narrative set in Chicago, where Regan and Aldo's chance meeting at the Art Institute sparks a thought-provoking journey. The novella skillfully delves into mental health, existential pondering, and the transformative power of connection. With rich character dynamics and a delicate balance of chaos and routine, the story leaves readers contemplating life's unpredictable variables. A concise yet compelling exploration of human connection and the possibility for change. (

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Mrsmommybooknerd | Jan 28, 2024 |

I read this about six months ago, and completely forgot to record it here, so this is a bit of a 'what do I remember about this book' rather than a decent review. I remember being fascinated by the two main characters, and their interactions. I didn't particularly like either of them, but the way they were written meant that didn't matter.

The world building was great. I don't particularly remember much about what I liked about it, but some of the aspects of working in academia were all too well detailed. And I loved the fact that part of the story depended on the fact that one of them was an artist and the other was a mathematician.

The thematic aspects relating to bees, and sixes, and identity have stuck with me. I remember being delighted at the way that the sections of the story fit together.

I did find the self-destructive tendencies of one of the main characters to be heart breaking. Believable. But awful to read. (

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fred_mouse | Jan 2, 2024 |

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audiobook ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Pub Date: November 29, 2022

It is difficult for me to find the words to explain how I feel about this book. It is somehow exactly what I thought it would be, and nothing like I thought it would be at the same time. It is a romance book and has a lot of the same characteristics as a typical romance book and yet feels nothing like them at all. I felt parts of myself in every character and yet felt nothing like any of the characters at all. Olivie Blake has such a way with words and making you FEEL and be part of the story. She can make you get really frustrated with a character from one perspective and totally understand of the same character from another. But that's really what life is like right? Everything depends on perspective. I will just read/listen to all of Blake's books and then, if I get them as ARCs, buy them because I need to own them. (

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Fatula | Sep 28, 2023 |

2.5 this book gave me a headache
It was overwritten and changed its format as the book went on - they were some scenes where I was utterly lost and thought I had accidentally skipped a chapter (I had not), the “narrator” bit was all over the place.
Regan and Aldo have a very unhealthy, codependent relationship that I am not here for (I am also not a fan of people starting relationships whilst they are already in serious relationships, I don’t find that romantic at all).
This felt pretentious and the main characters were just unlikeable, especially together.
And that scene when Regan (off her meds) was thinking of ways to hurt herself so Aldo would come back early from his trip had me tapping out.
I love bees and kinda wish they hadn’t been dragged into this novel. (

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spiritedstardust | Apr 17, 2023 |

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There would be times, particularly at first, when Regan would attempt to identify the moment things had set themselves on a path to inevitable collision.

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Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML:

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes an intimate and contemporary study of time, space, and the nature of love. Alone with You in the Ether explores what it means to be unwell, and how to face the fractures of yourself and still love as if you're not broken.
CHICAGO, SOMETIME�??
Two people meet in the armory of the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with compulsive calculations about time travel; she is a bipolar counterfeit artist undergoing court-ordered psychotherapy. By the end of the story, these things will still be true.
But this is not a story about endings.
For Regan, life is a finish line of mutually assured disappointment. Her method of coping with the dreariness of existence is to project herself into imagined multipotency, spinning new threads of destiny with every impulsive decision she makes. For Aldo, life is a plague of constancy�??a structure of rules and formulas that keep him going, without which the entire frame of his existence would collapse.
For both of them, life is a matter of resigning themselves to the blueprints of inevitability, until six conversations with a stranger form the variable that glitches the entire simulation.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied

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