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Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

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ellie_girl2929's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

At all of the books I’ve read this is the second book that made me cry. This book was so informative and definitely educated me on OCD and it’s so important to know more about diseases/illnesses. The romance was so cute and loved that the author took a real story. The “dedication” page abt her family member was so sweet and I’m so glad she found her own Aj. I can go on and on about this book and will probably edit this when I have the exact words I want to say. This book was reflective and made me think and have my own thoughts abt life in general. I never read a book like this before.

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zuzu_lang's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book caught me by surprise. I originally picked it up thinking it was a romance. While th romance in the book was one of my favorite parts, this story is so much more than that. I did opening cry reading this. I love this books so much! I have no words to express how meaningful and emotional this book was for me. Definitely one of my new favorites!

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jennyvetvik's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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deeofbkb's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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skxk929kd's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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jamespotterluv's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

honestly. wow. everyone needs to read this. it's a book, yet so much more. there's times where i laughed, smiled, cried. i saw the plot twist coming, but seconds before it came. kind of like when you hit a wall and then realise it's a wall. it's fiction, but it's not. i don't completely relate to the character, but in different ways i do. it was really moving and could probably help a lot of people. it's realistic. it portrays ocd in a way i haven't seen ocd portrayed (yet) and it's an ACCURATE portrayal. it's not only the "addicted to cleaning" misconception. every word added something. it's not a light book. there are light moments, funny moments, but it's not a light book. i think that's important. it approaches topics that need to be approached. i won't spoil the ending, but the ending did the mc justice. i loved this book. i hate odd numbers and not using a half/quarter star rating, but i can't give it anything else. i can't find a flaw. even when the words weren't the poetry that surrounds the plot, the words were poetry. if that makes sense. i was expecting a good book but it's honestly incredible.

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menglert's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

Wooooof. I very nearly DNFed this book, but I finished it in hopes of seeing it improve. First a few disclaimers from me:

I am a 21 year old adult with diagnosed OCD. I know that every case of OCD is different, but I have had a lot of experience.
I am reading this seven years after it was published, having a lot more knowledge about diversity and mental health issues than most people had in 2015.
I know this is a YA book.

I went into this expecting a story that was pretty emotional and real (at least in the realm of YA books). By the end, I was so frustrated at the lack of any depth for some of the characters.

Sydney, a "plus-size" girl, writes all of her poetry on fast-food wrappers (and guess what, almost all of it is about food). Beyond food, we know her for being nice.
Jessica, "the African American girl with long black braids," is the only character in the book described to be any race other than White. We know nothing about her other than she's really confident, has a "booming voice," and "waves her arms animatedly" while telling a story. This feels like a microaggression..
Pretty much every man in this story who isn't over the age of 21 (with the exception of one of the Poets) is described as "sexy." Literally the word "sexy." It was painful.
First half of book spoiler
AJ was relentlessly bullied by the Crazy Eights for having a stutter. Of course, his stutter fixed itself before Sam started thinking he was attractive...

Now, onto the OCD things.

This is a nitpick, but the odometer reading thing was so stupid. I looked it up, and 62% of students in California (where I'm assuming this takes place because of multiple buildings and outdoor lunches) live within TWO MILES of their school. And you're trying to tell me she drives around the school parking lot until the full trip took 10 miles??? What is that?
Obsessing over conversations and others' perception of you was pretty accurately portrayed here. Frequently seeking reassurance, thoughts snowballing until you can't stop them, all good.
I don't really understand the weird romantic zone-outs she has with her swim coach and then AJ. Is this supposed to be a part of her OCD? In some ways, it's written like it is, but also there's no frustration or other consequences that come from it.
End of book spoiler
While I'm happy for Sam and glad that getting good friends has helped relax her OCD, but it very much felt like her psychiatrist was like, "What if you stop obsessing over the number 3?" and then poof everything is fine.
The only time we see Sam's OCD have any directly negative effects on her is during the very first scene. The things she does out of her obsessive thoughts and treated more like inconveniences than sources of frustration and anger. Even when she stops taking her sleeping medication, nothing bad happens because of it. This made her disorder feel more like a character quirk than a debilitating mental illness.

Overall, yikes. Don't give this to any young, impressionable minds.

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