How It Feels to Float Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Helena Fox
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
190

How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox Book Summary

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of the Year

"Profoundly moving . . . Will take your breath away." —Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces

A stunningly gorgeous and deeply hopeful portrayal of living with mental illness and grief, from an exceptional new voice.

Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn't tell anyone about her dad. Because her dad died when she was seven. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface—normal okay regular fine.

But after what happens on the beach—first in the ocean, and then in the sand—the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. Dad disappears and, with him, all comfort. It might be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Or maybe—maybe maybe maybe—there's a third way Biz just can't see yet.

Debut author Helena Fox tells a story about love and grief, about inter-generational mental illness, and how living with it is both a bridge to someone loved and lost and, also, a chasm. She explores the hard and beautiful places loss can take us, and honors those who hold us tightly when the current wants to tug us out to sea.

"Give this to all [your] friends immediately." —Cosmopolitan.com
"I haven't been so dazzled by a YA in ages." —Jandy Nelson, author of I'll Give You the Sun (via SLJ)
"Mesmerizing and timely." —Bustle
"Nothing short of exquisite." —PopSugar
"Immensely satisfying" —Girls' Life
* "Lyrical and profoundly affecting." —Kirkus (starred review)
* "Masterful...Just beautiful." —Booklist (starred review)
* "Intimate...Unexpected." —PW (starred review)
* "Fox writes with superb understanding and tenderness." —BCCB (starred review)
* "Frank [and] beautifully crafted." —BookPage (starred review)
"Deeply moving...A story of hope." —Common Sense Media
"This book will explode you into atoms." —Margo Lanagan, author of Tender Morsels
"Helena Fox's novel delivers. Read it." —Cath Crowley, author of Words in Deep Blue
"This is not a book; it is a work of art." —Kerry Kletter, author of The First Time She Drowned
"Perfect...Readers will be deeply moved." —Books+Publishing

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Book Name How It Feels to Float
Genre Coming of Age Fiction for Young Adults
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 1.79 MB

How It Feels to Float (Helena Fox) Book Reviews 2024

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the book was okay. the book wasn’t too bad and wasn’t too good but it was okay enough to finish reading. At times I got very confused on what was happening but I like how it dealt with multiple aspects of mental health and sexuality. I loved the characters and some of the memories she had or her dad saving her.

Good. Very good on focusing on mental health

Ehh. It wasn’t bad but it could have been better. But I do recommend.

Indescribable for a wordless fool like me.. This book…this story…it speaks to me on levels some can’t understand. The broken reality, the disbelief, the heartbreak and confusion; the love and hope that ties it all together in the end… knowing nothing will be perfect, but here and now is what matters. Side note: I’m not a reader, it’s hard for me to get in to books, but from the second I read the sample, to the very last page, I couldn’t put it down. Read it in three days bc work and social life got in the way haha. It’s very light hearted in a way and so charming and intertwining. The humor is just right for me and every single thing about this book keeps me going on many levels. It’s amazing to have something to relate to and make my experiences feel more valid and true. Something to relate to…I love you Helen fox and I would love to meet you one day; to speak about what made you write this and is it from personal experiences that you know these things? I used to want to be a writer myself one day…this inspires me greatly to write, and I already have just a few minutes ago before I finished your book… :) thank you so much and good job for all of your time and effort and emotions and love and everything else that went in to this. Also to the team that helped put it together. Good job you guys. Love y’all, and God bless. -Macy L. Williams

My new favorite. Helena Fox knows how to rip my heart apart, She writes about SA, panic attacks, depression but also love and healing. Helena Fox is my top 5 of my favorite authors

Incredible book 100% Recommend. This book left me in total awe. Helena Fox tells an amazing story about a girl with mental illness and describes it in such a beautiful way that after reading it, i cried because the story was over. I would not recommend someone going through their life without reading this book. If I could describe it in 3 words it would be phenomenal, incredible, and beautiful. Thank you Helena Fox for blessing the world with this book.

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Summary of How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox

The How It Feels to Float book written by Helena Fox was published on 07 May 2019, Tuesday in the Coming of Age Fiction for Young Adults category. A total of 190 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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