Ask the Passengers - 4 stars

 

This book was so much better than I thought it would be. I was not sure what I would be reading. There were so many thought provoking pages written in this book, about love, equality, understanding, and empathy. So much of what the world lacks today as a whole. People need to realize that they can not control everything, nothing in this life is perfect, no human being is perfect. Let people love who they want to love, especially when it does not affect the people who try to control it because it does not fit into their own brain.

My favorite part of this book was really the little interludes between the pages of the story right after Astrid would send the love up through the clouds to the airplanes and the passengers on board. So very touching the thoughts she had, all the questions she posed to them, and in some weird way they heard her and it would change each life for the better.

As far as characters went, I loved Astrid the most. She seemed to have the most to lose in this story and also the most to gain. She finally laid it all out on the table while the whole time in the midst of her own turmoil she still sent love into the universe, never expecting anything back.

Be kind to others and also be more accepting of others, stop trying to makes changes that benefit nothing or that does not fit into your world.