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patriciadanisova's review against another edition
5.0
Myslím, že táto kniha bola nominovaná v YA kategorií v GR awards.
Nepamätám si za koho som hlasovala.
Ak by sa to dalo vrátiť späť, zahlasujem za Ferku Zappiu.
Lebo táto kniha raz ukáže mojím deťom, že existujú aj chorí ľudia a netreba sa ich báť.
Lebo... to bolo krásne.
Lebo som nemala slov po ukončení knihy.
Lebo som sa zamilovala.
Lebo... lebo.
Nepamätám si za koho som hlasovala.
Ak by sa to dalo vrátiť späť, zahlasujem za Ferku Zappiu.
Lebo táto kniha raz ukáže mojím deťom, že existujú aj chorí ľudia a netreba sa ich báť.
Lebo... to bolo krásne.
Lebo som nemala slov po ukončení knihy.
Lebo som sa zamilovala.
Lebo... lebo.
rhaenyrareads's review against another edition
4.0
J'ai pas de mots là.
Les premières choses qui m’avaient interpellée dans ce livre c’étaient sa couverture et son titre. Le mélange des deux m’a donné envie de m’y intéresser. On y sentait déjà la poésie et le côté peut-être plein d’émotions de l’histoire.
En choisissant ce roman, et en commençant ma lecture je ne savais pas vraiment à quoi m’attendre. J’avais trop peur que ça me brise le cœur en mille morceaux. Ou alors que ça puisse ne pas me convenir. Je ne pensais vraiment pas m’attacher autant à ce livre. Ca a été une lecture surprenante. Poétique, attachante, agréable.
Le premier chapitre nous plonge dans un univers assez poétique. C’est notamment ceci qui a fait que je me suis accrochée à ma lecture, aux personnages et à l’histoire. C’était vraiment mignon, amusant et donnait une entrée en manière accrocheuse.
Narré à la première personne, on se retrouve dans la tête d’Alex (Alexandra), schizophrène. Je l’ai trouvée vraiment attachante. Au final, je ne l’ai pas trouvée si différente de « la normale », de nous, de moi. Elle vit à sa manière avec ses habitudes pour essayer de comprendre ce qui est réel et ce qui ne l’est pas, ce qu’elle invente. On la suit dans son nouveau lycée où - je trouve - elle réussit à s’intégrer dans un groupe assez atypique. J’ai pu me reconnaître un peu en elle.
J’avoue que la première moitié du roman était un peu trop lente, un peu vide, je me demandais quand est-ce qu’il allait se passer quelque chose. Et une fois qu’on plonge dans la seconde moitié, ça ne s’arrête plus. J’ai été un peu prise aux tripes lorsqu’on a cette flopée de révélations sur plusieurs personnages. On est avec eux et on ne veut plus lâcher sa lecture tant qu’on a pas découvert plus, tant qu’on a pas compris, tant qu’on ne voit pas comment ils s’en sortent et s’ils s’en sortent. Ces nombreux rebondissements vous provoquent un effet d’ascenseur émotionnel tout le long de cette lecture.
Francesca Zappia a réussi à me séduire dans un type d’histoire qui d’habitude ne me donne pas tant envie que ça. L’attitude des personnages n’étaient ni exagérées ni très éloignées de la réalité. Tout était bien à sa place. Sa façon d’écrire, ses personnages, tout ça m’a emportée dans l’histoire sans que je ne le remarque, alors chapeau bas. J’ai a-do-ré le personnages de Miles. Un petit coup de cœur sur ce garçon au grand cœur, et au grand courage. Alex l’était aussi, très courageuse.
Cette lecture je la conseille vraiment. Si vous voulez lire une histoire qui traite d’une maladie, sans avoir le cœur trop brisé, sans finir en larmes, sans trop en sortir chamboulé, Je t’ai rêvé est l’idéal. Poétique, amusant, léger, et qui prend quand même au cœur au moment où il le faut. Et surtout qui donne un petit exemple sur les bonnes attitudes à avoir : Alex et Miles ont su se battre et garder la tête haute malgré tout, avec leurs moments de faiblesses, comme tout être humain que nous sommes.
Les premières choses qui m’avaient interpellée dans ce livre c’étaient sa couverture et son titre. Le mélange des deux m’a donné envie de m’y intéresser. On y sentait déjà la poésie et le côté peut-être plein d’émotions de l’histoire.
En choisissant ce roman, et en commençant ma lecture je ne savais pas vraiment à quoi m’attendre. J’avais trop peur que ça me brise le cœur en mille morceaux. Ou alors que ça puisse ne pas me convenir. Je ne pensais vraiment pas m’attacher autant à ce livre. Ca a été une lecture surprenante. Poétique, attachante, agréable.
Le premier chapitre nous plonge dans un univers assez poétique. C’est notamment ceci qui a fait que je me suis accrochée à ma lecture, aux personnages et à l’histoire. C’était vraiment mignon, amusant et donnait une entrée en manière accrocheuse.
Narré à la première personne, on se retrouve dans la tête d’Alex (Alexandra), schizophrène. Je l’ai trouvée vraiment attachante. Au final, je ne l’ai pas trouvée si différente de « la normale », de nous, de moi. Elle vit à sa manière avec ses habitudes pour essayer de comprendre ce qui est réel et ce qui ne l’est pas, ce qu’elle invente. On la suit dans son nouveau lycée où - je trouve - elle réussit à s’intégrer dans un groupe assez atypique. J’ai pu me reconnaître un peu en elle.
J’avoue que la première moitié du roman était un peu trop lente, un peu vide, je me demandais quand est-ce qu’il allait se passer quelque chose. Et une fois qu’on plonge dans la seconde moitié, ça ne s’arrête plus. J’ai été un peu prise aux tripes lorsqu’on a cette flopée de révélations sur plusieurs personnages. On est avec eux et on ne veut plus lâcher sa lecture tant qu’on a pas découvert plus, tant qu’on a pas compris, tant qu’on ne voit pas comment ils s’en sortent et s’ils s’en sortent. Ces nombreux rebondissements vous provoquent un effet d’ascenseur émotionnel tout le long de cette lecture.
Francesca Zappia a réussi à me séduire dans un type d’histoire qui d’habitude ne me donne pas tant envie que ça. L’attitude des personnages n’étaient ni exagérées ni très éloignées de la réalité. Tout était bien à sa place. Sa façon d’écrire, ses personnages, tout ça m’a emportée dans l’histoire sans que je ne le remarque, alors chapeau bas. J’ai a-do-ré le personnages de Miles. Un petit coup de cœur sur ce garçon au grand cœur, et au grand courage. Alex l’était aussi, très courageuse.
Cette lecture je la conseille vraiment. Si vous voulez lire une histoire qui traite d’une maladie, sans avoir le cœur trop brisé, sans finir en larmes, sans trop en sortir chamboulé, Je t’ai rêvé est l’idéal. Poétique, amusant, léger, et qui prend quand même au cœur au moment où il le faut. Et surtout qui donne un petit exemple sur les bonnes attitudes à avoir : Alex et Miles ont su se battre et garder la tête haute malgré tout, avec leurs moments de faiblesses, comme tout être humain que nous sommes.
briannethebookworm's review against another edition
4.0
Alex Ridgemont is grateful for a fresh start at East Schoal High School. No one there knows about her schizophrenia diagnosis, and she intends to keep it that way. She's used to people not liking her, but Miles Richter is different. They have almost all of their classes together, and he's a jerk. He's also a really smart jerk that intrigues Alex in a way she's not willing to admit yet. As she spends more time with Miles, most of it reluctantly, it becomes harder for her to hide her mental illness. The line between what's real and what's not blurs, but Miles may understand more than she gives him credit for.
Eliza and Her Monsters was one of my favorite YA books I read last year, so I was really excited to pick this one up! I loved the quirky cast of characters and the witty dialogue that filled the pages. I like that Zappia depicted mental illness in such a strong female character and included Alex's good days and bad days throughout the story. I very much enjoyed Alex and Miles's relationship development as well. Something about the ending didn't quite satisfy me, but I still enjoyed it. Highly recommend!
Eliza and Her Monsters was one of my favorite YA books I read last year, so I was really excited to pick this one up! I loved the quirky cast of characters and the witty dialogue that filled the pages. I like that Zappia depicted mental illness in such a strong female character and included Alex's good days and bad days throughout the story. I very much enjoyed Alex and Miles's relationship development as well. Something about the ending didn't quite satisfy me, but I still enjoyed it. Highly recommend!
atmorrell's review against another edition
5.0
I saw the twist coming but I LOVED everything else about this.
girlinthepages's review against another edition
2.0
Made You Up was one of my most highly anticipated reads of the year. I envied those who won ARCs of it at YALLWEST, and read many, many reviews raving about the story. However, I found that this novel was another victim of hype. While Alex's story and disease captivated me, the plot, setting and circumstances were often so absurd and caricaturized that I found it hard to follow along.
It's no spoiler to mention that Alex has schizophrenia; it's one of the major plot points of the book from beginning to end. I love an unreliable narrator, so I had prepared myself to scrutinize Alex's story and be ready to try and disentangle illusion from reality. I enjoyed the running parallelism of Alex's high school struggles to the Great Lobster Escape of her childhood. I loved Alex's commitment to school and college and reaching her goals despite her disease, and was intrigued by her continual balancing act of perceiving what's there and perceiving what's only a byproduct of her condition. I found it clever yet sad how she relied so much on taking pictures in order to later determine if something was real or if it was a hallucination. I loved her obsession with history and her eccentric yet supportive family.
Yet Alex herself as a character was not quite enough to make me enjoy the book. There were perhaps major hurdles I came across right away in suspending my disbelief, such as schizophrenia manifesting at such a young age (it generally appears in one's 20s) and such frequent visual hallucinations (auditory hallucinations are much more common). These "medical" inconsistencies paired with the bizarre actions of the characters in the book made it hard for me to enjoy. Miles is a skinny, slightly hipster-ish guy who Alex has a love-hate relationship with, who the school completely fears for some reason, he runs a club where the members non-ironically and adoringly refer to him as "Boss," the principal is a creepy character with an obsession with a inanimate object and a long-ago legacy, and everyone seems to put great stock in urban legends and hauntings. Alex's thoughts were often the things that made most sense (and considering she's schizophrenic, was sort of surprising) and the whole book read like a weird sort of fever dream. I suppose, though, that perhaps NONE of the events in the book ever happened, and that's why they were so weird...
I will admit that this book has some pretty good twists at the end, and of the two major ones, I was only able to guess one and was blindsided by the other (which, since I read a lot of YA, doesn't happen often but man, this one got me right in the feels). Considering how much time we spend with Alex and Miles throughout the novel, the ending felt rushed, ambiguous and more than a little incomplete. I was anticipating some level of ambiguity considering the nature of Alex's disease and her undeniable status as an unreliable narrator, but I can't help but feel rather perplexed about what, if anything, I can take away from the novel because there's no signs, even small indicators, as to what was real and what wasn't.
Overall: Made You Up deals with mental illness pretty candidly, as Alex struggles through her schizophrenia in an attempt to be a normal, college bound teen. While an enjoyable protagonist to read, the plot points get fuzzy and convoluted as the novel progresses (and not in a perfectly, plot-twisted way that seemed like a by-product of Alex's mental state-rather it just felt messy). There are some intriguing twists at the end, but I had hoped for a novel with more depth and less confusion.
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It's no spoiler to mention that Alex has schizophrenia; it's one of the major plot points of the book from beginning to end. I love an unreliable narrator, so I had prepared myself to scrutinize Alex's story and be ready to try and disentangle illusion from reality. I enjoyed the running parallelism of Alex's high school struggles to the Great Lobster Escape of her childhood. I loved Alex's commitment to school and college and reaching her goals despite her disease, and was intrigued by her continual balancing act of perceiving what's there and perceiving what's only a byproduct of her condition. I found it clever yet sad how she relied so much on taking pictures in order to later determine if something was real or if it was a hallucination. I loved her obsession with history and her eccentric yet supportive family.
Yet Alex herself as a character was not quite enough to make me enjoy the book. There were perhaps major hurdles I came across right away in suspending my disbelief, such as schizophrenia manifesting at such a young age (it generally appears in one's 20s) and such frequent visual hallucinations (auditory hallucinations are much more common). These "medical" inconsistencies paired with the bizarre actions of the characters in the book made it hard for me to enjoy. Miles is a skinny, slightly hipster-ish guy who Alex has a love-hate relationship with, who the school completely fears for some reason, he runs a club where the members non-ironically and adoringly refer to him as "Boss," the principal is a creepy character with an obsession with a inanimate object and a long-ago legacy, and everyone seems to put great stock in urban legends and hauntings. Alex's thoughts were often the things that made most sense (and considering she's schizophrenic, was sort of surprising) and the whole book read like a weird sort of fever dream. I suppose, though, that perhaps NONE of the events in the book ever happened, and that's why they were so weird...
I will admit that this book has some pretty good twists at the end, and of the two major ones, I was only able to guess one and was blindsided by the other (which, since I read a lot of YA, doesn't happen often but man, this one got me right in the feels). Considering how much time we spend with Alex and Miles throughout the novel, the ending felt rushed, ambiguous and more than a little incomplete. I was anticipating some level of ambiguity considering the nature of Alex's disease and her undeniable status as an unreliable narrator, but I can't help but feel rather perplexed about what, if anything, I can take away from the novel because there's no signs, even small indicators, as to what was real and what wasn't.
Overall: Made You Up deals with mental illness pretty candidly, as Alex struggles through her schizophrenia in an attempt to be a normal, college bound teen. While an enjoyable protagonist to read, the plot points get fuzzy and convoluted as the novel progresses (and not in a perfectly, plot-twisted way that seemed like a by-product of Alex's mental state-rather it just felt messy). There are some intriguing twists at the end, but I had hoped for a novel with more depth and less confusion.
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mckinlay's review against another edition
5.0
i don't think i had ever read a book about schizophrenia, until now. i know i haven't read, or seen, a portrayal of it that didn't seem cliche, or over the top. this book just felt very real. she wasn't miraculously cured because she met a boy. i just loved it. bullet points!
Characters: i liked Alex and Miles a lot. but the colorful cast of side characters are really what made me love this book.
Plot: develops nicely. it's almost a mystery book! you'll see why if you decide to pick this up. i really loved the mysterious aspects.
Romance: swoon worthy. they're not the easiest couple to cheer for, but they are so great together.
Diversity: obviously there's mental illness in this. i feel like there were multiple races represented as well. (i really need to start writing my reviews right away, so i can remember things). leave a comment if you remember specifics, because i suck.
all in all, if you're into sweet contemporary romances with a dash of mystery, and a whole lot of heart, pick this up!
Characters: i liked Alex and Miles a lot. but the colorful cast of side characters are really what made me love this book.
Plot: develops nicely. it's almost a mystery book! you'll see why if you decide to pick this up. i really loved the mysterious aspects.
Romance: swoon worthy. they're not the easiest couple to cheer for, but they are so great together.
Diversity: obviously there's mental illness in this. i feel like there were multiple races represented as well. (i really need to start writing my reviews right away, so i can remember things). leave a comment if you remember specifics, because i suck.
all in all, if you're into sweet contemporary romances with a dash of mystery, and a whole lot of heart, pick this up!
missmary98's review against another edition
4.0
I was at least 50% confused for most of the book, and I don't think a book has ever made me incredulously say "excuse me?" out loud before. I was very much enticed the whole time.
lindsey_kerrigan's review against another edition
5.0
CUTEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ.
It was Mara Dyer meets Rules in the best possible way. Everything I loved with a great passion and there was nothing I didn't. This is a book you can get wrapped up in and I am so happy that I finally got to read it.
It was Mara Dyer meets Rules in the best possible way. Everything I loved with a great passion and there was nothing I didn't. This is a book you can get wrapped up in and I am so happy that I finally got to read it.
shiloniz's review against another edition
3.0
This was fine, but kind of a disappointment after how much I loved her other book, Eliza and Her Monsters. Will definitely still give whatever book she publishes next a go.