Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
I thought this book was a lot more honest then most YA lit tends to be. No one found his/her soul mate, no one got pregnant after having sex, and no one was perfect. This book is a solid 3.5, but I'm rounding up since there were so many good things about it.
Ness didn't spend a lot of time describing his characters' homeliness, hotness, or otherness in terms of looks, and I was pleasantly surprised by how diverse his random town in Nowhere, WA was. I found the narrator especially relatable, and even though nothing 'major' happened in his world, I was engaged in his story and rooting for him. Solid book.
Ness didn't spend a lot of time describing his characters' homeliness, hotness, or otherness in terms of looks, and I was pleasantly surprised by how diverse his random town in Nowhere, WA was. I found the narrator especially relatable, and even though nothing 'major' happened in his world, I was engaged in his story and rooting for him. Solid book.
I love this book for so many reasons.
The characters each have their own burden, each of them supporting the other. And I love the idea of how the focus isn't on the so called heroes, but on the people the 'heroes' are saving. It's beautiful, it's magical, and one thing I love is that it feels real.
100/10 :)
The characters each have their own burden, each of them supporting the other. And I love the idea of how the focus isn't on the so called heroes, but on the people the 'heroes' are saving. It's beautiful, it's magical, and one thing I love is that it feels real.
100/10 :)
I loved this book and can't believe it took me so long to finally read it! I shall atone by immediately purchasing everything Patrick Ness has written. Rarely have I read something so outlandish that rang so true; it is to senior year of high school what Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell is to freshman year of college.
"The Rest Of Us Just Live Here" is about a bunch of normal kids who live in a small town. Unfortunately, some Very Special Protagonists also go to school with them, which means that roughly every 8-10 years, zombies or ghosts or vampires or giant energy fissures or something else makes life extremely difficult for, well, the rest of us.
Probably the most wonderful surprise of this book is the narrator. Mikey Mitchell reminds me so very much of Cath from Fangirl that I fell in love immediately. In fact, "Cath and Wren and Jandro and Reagan get dropped in the middle of Watford and have to survive a year of Simon and Baz's shenanigans" is a pretty accurate summary.
It's a brilliant examination of what is going on at the fringes of every Chosen One story (because there are always other students at Hogwarts, in Tortall, in Forks, and the world over), and yet somehow I also felt like I was reliving my own, much quieter, last few weeks of high school with all their attendant small joys and sorrows. It's a reminder to authors and readers alike that everyone has a story to tell, and we aren't necessarily all that different.
So if that sounds like fun, or if you love Chosen One stories, or wonderful narrators, or people who write YA like it's actually for young adults, pick up The Rest Of Us Just Live Here.
"The Rest Of Us Just Live Here" is about a bunch of normal kids who live in a small town. Unfortunately, some Very Special Protagonists also go to school with them, which means that roughly every 8-10 years, zombies or ghosts or vampires or giant energy fissures or something else makes life extremely difficult for, well, the rest of us.
Probably the most wonderful surprise of this book is the narrator. Mikey Mitchell reminds me so very much of Cath from Fangirl that I fell in love immediately. In fact, "Cath and Wren and Jandro and Reagan get dropped in the middle of Watford and have to survive a year of Simon and Baz's shenanigans" is a pretty accurate summary.
It's a brilliant examination of what is going on at the fringes of every Chosen One story (because there are always other students at Hogwarts, in Tortall, in Forks, and the world over), and yet somehow I also felt like I was reliving my own, much quieter, last few weeks of high school with all their attendant small joys and sorrows. It's a reminder to authors and readers alike that everyone has a story to tell, and we aren't necessarily all that different.
So if that sounds like fun, or if you love Chosen One stories, or wonderful narrators, or people who write YA like it's actually for young adults, pick up The Rest Of Us Just Live Here.
inspiring
lighthearted
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:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-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
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I always love Patrick's stories.
It was very interesting the way the titles were what the indie kids were doing; which was what would normally be your fantasy story. And then the chapters were following a group of friends that were outside of the fantasy story, but they were aware of what was going on, with hints that the adults really knew what were going on but were ignoring it to an extent. So it felt insular like it could be any group of friends that was graduating with a background of weird going on. And it was just interesting the way the main character was trying to relate to his world and what was going on and what he was feeling. Feeling less than and figuring out maybe what he did have right now was enough.
It was very interesting the way the titles were what the indie kids were doing; which was what would normally be your fantasy story. And then the chapters were following a group of friends that were outside of the fantasy story, but they were aware of what was going on, with hints that the adults really knew what were going on but were ignoring it to an extent. So it felt insular like it could be any group of friends that was graduating with a background of weird going on. And it was just interesting the way the main character was trying to relate to his world and what was going on and what he was feeling. Feeling less than and figuring out maybe what he did have right now was enough.
The best thing about this book were the paragraphs at the beginning of each chapter. Otherwise, this reads like a typical (choppy) contemporary with random sci-fi/fantasy elements. The whole idea behind the book was interesting, but it wasn't executed how I expected. Books about normal people? Pretty much any book is about normal people since normal doesn't exist.
3.5. That was funny and refreshing. The diversity of characters is really nice