I have been waiting for the next Jandy Nelson novel and this did not disapoint! Oh my gosh the magic that is on every page, even when there is heartbreak you can still feel it buzzing. Each layer of every family members' story is so poignant and connected lyrically, I never wanted it to end!

When the World Tips Over was so incredibly worth the wait! An intriguing tale of siblings who have a very complicated past and an overwhelmingly enthralling future. This book is a winding journey through generations of the enchanting Fall family, Nelson does a beautiful job of putting into perspective the tragedy, secrets and dysfunction that define people’s lives and ultimately make them who they are. This is a beautiful story of family and how we find acceptance and a place to call home. Highly, highly recommend.

nobody writes about hating everything and loving everything and doing art and living life and family and romance and identity and everything in the world that's good like jandy nelson!

and this one does all of that and adds family drama and road trips and colorful rvs and mythology and souffles and immortal dogs and wine into the mix. so. even better.

this took a long time to win me over, and i really didn't care for this "dave" character or the multitudinous outs given to a variety of characters who abandoned their various children or some certain genetic plot twists or some characters' endings or lack thereof, and i've come to accept that nothing on god's great green earth will capture the magic that i'll give you the sun did, but the long and short of it is that this was worth the wait.

which is saying a lot, because the wait was without exaggeration 10 years.

This book started slowly for me, but after my initial struggles, I could not put it down. It is the story of a family going back many decades during which an alleged “Cain and Abel” curse first took hold. The current day children, Dizzy, Miles, and Wynton, deal with the loss of a father, sibling jealousy, misunderstandings, and self discovery. Cassidy, a young girl with an unhappy upbringing, magically appears in the family’s lives. Who is she and how does she fit in?

This book is more than your typical family drama. The author makes the reading experience even better by adding a bit of mystery for the reader to solve, with some magical realism to add to the intrigue. And then there’s Sandro, the dog. He’s the funniest, most sarcastic, and best friend a boy could ever ask for.

Thanks so much NetGalley and Penguin Random House for letting me read this ARC. I see that this author has two previous successful books which I will definitely be checking out.

This was a 'couldn't put it down' read! Love, secrets and enchantment... plot twists I tried to anticipate but didn't. Characters I grew to really care about in all their imperfections. It is a great look at trauma, including intergenerational, and how it impacts the choices we make and how we interpret the actions and intentions of those around us. It reminds us that in our darkest hours, we must find a way to reach out to those closest to us. Silence and isolation never heal. The book is full of people with complicated relationships and flawed lives... it is only when they reach out to one another and accept love that healing begins.

I will read anything Jandy Nelson writes, and getting to read an ARC of this was like getting everything off my Christmas list. No one knows how to write a broken family like Nelson does. I love how every character in this novel, including (and maybe most prominently) the dog, seemed to jump right off the page. Everyone featured in this story was incredibly realistic to me, and their struggles were genuine even when the perspective shifted from chapter to chapter. I loved following each character's journey of understanding themselves, of course, but more than that, I loved seeing how each character fit into the bigger puzzle piece, Paradise Springs. My favorite part was the characters and the personal narratives they had to live, discard, and revise throughout the novel.

My only qualm with this book is the number of stories that were told at one time. I know that many of the characters, especially the ghosts, are meant to be seen as a fairy tale to build up a complex family's setting and history, but it became too much at times. Marigold + Cassidy, the original Falls, and the current Falls all could have had personal novellas with how much content there was in this novel and while I liked learning about these characters, I struggled to see how all of their stories intertwined cohesively at the end. Don't get me wrong, I still cried at the closing chapter, but that had more to do with Nelson's phenomenal writing than with the conclusion of the stories. It felt like shoving 5 pounds of something into a 1-pound box in many chapters, which I didn't love.

I'm so thankful I got to read this ARC and am so grateful Jandy Nelson is putting stories like this out into the world. Although I didn't love every part of this novel, I would still recommend it to readers young and old because I think it sheds light on a lot of difficult yet heartwarming topics.

The characters are fantastic and the story is well written. It's a long book and the pacing could have been better at the start but overall, I enjoyed it. Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book

Jandy Nelson, author of, I’ll Give You the Sun is finally back!

She has threaded together an enchanting story of the Fall siblings - three kids living in California dreaming of better times and of their missing father.
All three are simply amazing and unique and all three have ground breaking experiences with a mystery girl when she arrives in town.

Who is this mystery girl? and how will she change everyone's lives? This simple story premise belies rivalries,curses,love stories, friendships
and magic, the kind of magic only Jandy Nelson can bring! #penguingroup #whentheworldtipsover #jandynelson

I will never, EVER stop raving about this book. This is one of the best, if not the best YA book that I have ever read. Jandy Nelson is a absolute genius and her writing is phenomenal. I have not stopped thinking about this book since I finished it. Oh, and the ending made me cry and that is very rare for me. I was not just crying because of how it ended, but I was sad because it was over.

I don't want to give too much away because I think it's best to go into this book without knowing a lot about it, so here we go. This story revolves around the three Fall siblings who live in Northern California wine country (very East of Eden vibes). The Fall siblings live with their single mother, as their father mysteriously disappeared years ago after he seemingly rose from the dead (you must read it to find out more!!). Each sibling has a little bit of magic in their own ways, and they all stumble across a girl who seems even more magical then they are. As the siblings each become drawn to the girl, they discover more about her broken background and the broken and tragic history of the Fall family.

This book has everything I want in a story: love, drama, mystery, magic, and heartbreak. These characters have left their mark on me and I can't wait to fall back into this world when I reread it in the future. This book truly made my world tip over.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This is one of those YA books that solidifies that YA books are just fiction books primarily about teens. This is a complex read. A magical realism, multi-generational, intense, mystery, love story, coming of age journey. I didn’t love it as much as I remember loving her prior two novels, but I respect her talent so much, and the way she constructs sentences, chapters, books, & stories is amazing. 3.5 ⭐️


Thanks to Penguin Group, Dial Books, and NetGalley for the ARC.

I have seriously gone back and forth on my feelings for this book which I would expect no less from a Jandy Nelson title. I love how she manages to pull every emotion and feeling from me when I am immersed in her books. The problem for me with this one are the magical realism aspects. I have always always struggled to get engaged when that is part of a story and it certainly is here in abundance. That said, I just can't seem to be disappointed with this story because if you push some of those aspects aside you still have a story of family, found family, love and hate, filled to the brim with relatable situations and emotions.

I will forever read anything and everything Jandy Nelson writes and I will happily do it even if tears are streaming down my face. She tackles the tough emotions and struggles of growing up and finding who you are and where you belong.

Thank you for the early copy for review.

A really interesting story about 5 generations of a family and who is related to who (or not). The story really holds your interest as you try to figure out the dynamics of the family and what happened in each generation that greatly affects people several generations later. The family tree in the front and back of this book really helps to understand who goes where.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, to NetGalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review. You have made my 14 year old heart incredibly happy. I will wait for however long Jandy Nelson needs to write a masterpiece. When the World Tips Over is lyrical, and heart wrenching, and drenched in all the types of sunshine you can imagine from the full-bodied sun of a long summer's day to the watery and thin sun you may see when you look out your window in December. Nelson writes the story of the Fall family with care and heart, capturing the voices of each sibling (and Cassidy as narrator and connector) with clarity and strength. At a time where young adult novels tend to skew towards older teenagers, this novel is perfect for anyone who is starting to dip their toes into the young adult genre. While there is discussion of heavier themes like parental abandonment, parental abuse, and homophobia, they are discussed in a way which is appropriate for the readers who may pick this story up. People may pretend that children are not exposed to more "adult" topics but that is far from the truth. Kudos to Nelson for writing a story which tackles mature topics with grace and ease and discusses them with a young adult audience in mind. I hope the teenagers of today enjoy this story, as well as Nelson's others, the way I did.

I’m sure there are some quirky tween girls out there that will eat this shit up. The first chapter or two revealed that one sibling could see ghosts and another was a dog-whisperer… And that kind of non-sensical whimsy was present throughout the remaining 500+ pages. I liked Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun and would pick up something else by her in a heartbeat… But this was just weird. Odd plot choices (who doesn’t love when an author repeatedly reminds you a relationship isn’t incestuous, lol) and riddled with magical elements/curse lore that I just didn’t care about.

The easiest 5 stars I have given in a long time. A stunning story that stopped me in my tracks so very many times. It was the kind of book you want to immediately start back at page one after finishing.

This book was a bit of a struggle for me. Perhaps it was too hyped up. Leading to higher expectations than I should have had. It wasn't terrible. But it also wasn't amazing. I found to POV's to be a bit confusing.

Loved this one! Great and fun read. Highly recommend.
Many thanks to the publisher, Netgalley, and the author for my ARC.

I was SO excited to receive an ARC for this book because I'll Give You The Sun is one of my favorite novels of all time, no matter how old I get. I was worried, however, that this book would be too similar to IGYTS based on the summary - and I fear I was right. Nelson clearly enjoys writing about sibling relationships, but I saw too much of a crossover from her previous book to really enjoy this one. I'm going to stick with three stars because her prose continues to be beautiful and the characters are refreshingly unique, but I was really hoping this one would be better.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I am a fan of the author’s previous work and was thrilled to receive this ARC. It took me a bit of time to get into the flow of the story- alternating between “real life” and the fairytale. Ultimately I found it to be a heartwarming and through provoking read. The family dynamics were unique and I like the way it characters ended up being connected to one another. I thought I had things figured out but I didn’t foresee all the twists and turns.

I'm happy to say that, even though years have passed, Jandy Nelson continues to be one of my favorite authors, and this novel is proof of that.

When the World Tips Over has all the elements we love in a Jandy Nelson's story: family bonds, family trauma, friendships, romance and well-developed, flawed characters that we love and can't stop rooting for. I finished the novel absolutely in love with the Fall family in all of their generations, and I wish just I could jump into the story and hug all of them.

I love how the author developed each character, their struggles and how they're very distinct from each other. I specially love how Jandy Nelson talks about sibling relationship - be it the ones full of love and companionship, or the others full of envy, rivalry and remorse. The sibling bond between Dizzy, Wynton and Miles and Alonso and Sebastian's love story were my favorite parts of the book. I also love the magical realism elements and their simbolisms.

However, this book is by no means perfect. In truth, there are a lot of things that could've been better. First: it could be at least 50 pages short. Cassidy's chapters are way too long, and the author goes so deep in every single detail of her past that it's beyond necessary. We got the point, she had an awful childhood and a bad mom, we don't need to see pages after pages of that to understand it.

Mile's chapters annoyed me as well. If I was going through all of his issues, including a brother in a coma, I wouldn't be thinking about sex or kissing boys 24/7. I know he's a teenager, but it seemed kinda unrealistic to me that someone would be thinking about boys all the time in a situation like that.

I wish we had less chapters of Miles' POV and more of Dizzy's and Wynton's. The author dedicated so much time to Miles that Wynton ended up not having as much development and depth/nuance as his brother. Dizzy is fascinating, and because of that, I wish we had spent more time with her as well. Both of them had potential to be bigger in this story.

And last of all: there is just too many plot lines in this novel. I mean, each of the 3 siblings were going through very different personal issues, their mom had her own problems as well (past and present), there's the mysterous rainbow-haired girl who pops up in their lives out of nowhere, the "mystery of the missing father" plot, and not to mention the family curse. And everytime a character was introduced, we had to know all about their story of life since they were born. Was it really necessary, though? It overwhelmed me, and I'm gonna say it again: the author could have shortened it and cut some stories off.