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lenamiasophie's review against another edition
5.0
I love this book with my whole heart, Jonah is such a relatable character in so may ways and the book kept me in a chokehold. I loved the storyline and how he had to deal with all his fears at once. This book was absolutely amazing and definitely a great first book for the new year. Now go read it everyone!!!
ayshayodels's review against another edition
3.0
First of all..... woah....
I went into this thinking the book had a completely different plot. My guess was Jonah was recklessly breaking his bones in order to make him stronger for selfish reasons, like a sport he's into or something. My guess had nothing to do with his family or his brother Jesse, and I think I like that it headed in that direction instead of what I just assumed it would be.
Jonah's life seems to completely revolve around his brother and while his brother has a unique case, one I've honestly never heard of before, it was oddly interesting. Sometimes I just hated the writing but I liked the dialogue quite a bit... There's something that bothered me about this book though. It was all levels of fucked up and demented and it's not that I can't handle books like that it's just that we don't get a greater explanation. Jonah needed help and he needed someone to realize that he was hurting in his own way but it was always made out to be that he was at fault for being protective and cautious. Of course hurting himself the way he did was wrong in all sorts of ways but he was kind of being neglected (emotionally I guess) and it just bothered me.
Also the ending annoyed me because it didn't really resolve anything. Overall it wasn't as terrible, I think I'd like to read more of Moskowitz's books.
I went into this thinking the book had a completely different plot. My guess was Jonah was recklessly breaking his bones in order to make him stronger for selfish reasons, like a sport he's into or something. My guess had nothing to do with his family or his brother Jesse, and I think I like that it headed in that direction instead of what I just assumed it would be.
Jonah's life seems to completely revolve around his brother and while his brother has a unique case, one I've honestly never heard of before, it was oddly interesting. Sometimes I just hated the writing but I liked the dialogue quite a bit... There's something that bothered me about this book though. It was all levels of fucked up and demented and it's not that I can't handle books like that it's just that we don't get a greater explanation. Jonah needed help and he needed someone to realize that he was hurting in his own way but it was always made out to be that he was at fault for being protective and cautious. Of course hurting himself the way he did was wrong in all sorts of ways but he was kind of being neglected (emotionally I guess) and it just bothered me.
Also the ending annoyed me because it didn't really resolve anything. Overall it wasn't as terrible, I think I'd like to read more of Moskowitz's books.
diariodegradabile's review against another edition
4.0
Okay. Dopo più di una settimana di raccoglimento di pensieri, posso dichiarare che ho amato questo libro alla follia.
Il protagonista sta male. Lo so capisce non solo dalle sue azioni e dai suoi pensieri ma anche dallo stile di scrittura dell'autrice. Il dolore lo si può sniffare dalle pagine, senti tutto il peso della sua angoscia sulle spalle. Lo si capisce ,anche se è una cosa impensabile.
Il libro è insolito e a volte è quasi impossibile trattenersi da tutte le emozioni da cui veniamo investiti. Non si può essere impassibili davanti a questo libro.
I genitori sono esasperati. E capisco anche loro. Li sento una parte di me, come se fossero reali. Jesse, Jonah, Will, Charlotte.
Naomi è l'unico neo in questo viso perfettamente imperfetto. Naomi è una persona orribile e penso che l'autrice volesse ciò. Volesse che i lettori la disprezzassero.
Lo stile di scrittura va dritto al punto senza giri di parole, crudo e brutale
Un libro che mi rimarrà impresso nella mente per molto tempo
Il protagonista sta male. Lo so capisce non solo dalle sue azioni e dai suoi pensieri ma anche dallo stile di scrittura dell'autrice. Il dolore lo si può sniffare dalle pagine, senti tutto il peso della sua angoscia sulle spalle. Lo si capisce ,anche se è una cosa impensabile.
Il libro è insolito e a volte è quasi impossibile trattenersi da tutte le emozioni da cui veniamo investiti. Non si può essere impassibili davanti a questo libro.
I genitori sono esasperati. E capisco anche loro. Li sento una parte di me, come se fossero reali. Jesse, Jonah, Will, Charlotte.
Naomi è l'unico neo in questo viso perfettamente imperfetto. Naomi è una persona orribile e penso che l'autrice volesse ciò. Volesse che i lettori la disprezzassero.
Lo stile di scrittura va dritto al punto senza giri di parole, crudo e brutale
Un libro che mi rimarrà impresso nella mente per molto tempo
ms_ery's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm
kilosmom7's review against another edition
2.0
this has been on my to read for a while. and i think that’s why i didn’t like it as much now considering i’m an adult.
it was written for a high school/ middle school age kid and i think that’s great and i skimmed through to the end and it was okay. not something that i would go back to though.
can you imagine breaking that many bones...for fun?!
it was written for a high school/ middle school age kid and i think that’s great and i skimmed through to the end and it was okay. not something that i would go back to though.
can you imagine breaking that many bones...for fun?!
stingrayafflictlon's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
lysssav's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
heykellyjensen's review against another edition
3.0
Kind of middle of the road for me. Jonah wasn't super compelling to me, but the story was interesting. The fast pacing was nicely done.
My teens loved this one.
My teens loved this one.
marelline's review against another edition
4.0
I've been meaning to read a book by Hannah Moskowitz for some time, and actually had another book on my wishlist that I was planning to get as my first Moskowitz read. But before purchasing that I started browsing through the premises of her other books and this one in particular struck my attention. A boy who purposely sets out on missions to break his bones? How strange. It was unlike anything I've ever heard of before. And then after purchasing I realized that this was also Moskowitz' debut novel. How fitting.
While reading I think my main thought was trying to figure out what exactly made Jonah want to break his bones. I know the premise mentions everything around him falling apart, I wanted to know what specifically. And I'm not going to sit here and say that what he did makes no sense, or 'why would he do this all he's doing is causing his parents more problems', etc etc because people who undergo copious amounts of stress/depression/trauma all cope in different ways, and in some cases they cope in ways that no one else will be able to understand. What seems crazy to you may seem normal to the one doing it.
I am very pleased with this read, there was never a dull moment, and I will certainly be reading more from this author in the future.
While reading I think my main thought was trying to figure out what exactly made Jonah want to break his bones. I know the premise mentions everything around him falling apart, I wanted to know what specifically. And I'm not going to sit here and say that what he did makes no sense, or 'why would he do this all he's doing is causing his parents more problems', etc etc because people who undergo copious amounts of stress/depression/trauma all cope in different ways, and in some cases they cope in ways that no one else will be able to understand. What seems crazy to you may seem normal to the one doing it.
I am very pleased with this read, there was never a dull moment, and I will certainly be reading more from this author in the future.