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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
This reminds me a lot of The Fault in Our Stars. There are characters to really fall in love with, great relationships, lots of quotable lines, funny parts, plenty of heart-warming moments, some gut--wrenching moments,, & uncontrollable tears flow freely.
I thought that this was a very straightforward contemporary but I really liked the double POV. However, I did like hearing from Sadie's point of view more than Lane's and overall I enjoyed the book and was actually okay with how it ended.
emotional
hopeful
sad
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:
No
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-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:
No
This was that kind of book that crushes my soul. It—pretty much—started as a not-so-classical-young-adult romance. But even though it had it’s own touch, slightly differing from other romance books—it still felt like one. Pages pretty much disappeared under your fingers and you enjoyed the stuff main characters did. And everything was fine. Until it wasn’t. And it all started to fall down on you. Crushing you under the weight of it all.
I was a sobbing mess, to be honest. And I think I still will be for some time. But I loved this book—because it was exactly what I was looking for. For a group of kids that live. Because life goes on until it doesn’t.
I was a sobbing mess, to be honest. And I think I still will be for some time. But I loved this book—because it was exactly what I was looking for. For a group of kids that live. Because life goes on until it doesn’t.
I enjoyed this book! I did feel it was similar to The Fault in Our Stars - however, it could be a good recommendation for kids who enjoyed John Green's book.
The story surrounds a group of students at Latham House, a boarding school for kids who have contracted Total Drug Resistant Tuberculous. At first, Lane tries to keep up with his school work in hopes that when he returns home he will not be far behind. He soon realizes trying to keep up with his normal activities will not help him get well again. Lane joins in with the cool kids of Latham House and even finds himself a girlfriend. There is talk of drinking and drugs so I probably wouldn't recommend this book to any 6th or 7th grade students.
The story surrounds a group of students at Latham House, a boarding school for kids who have contracted Total Drug Resistant Tuberculous. At first, Lane tries to keep up with his school work in hopes that when he returns home he will not be far behind. He soon realizes trying to keep up with his normal activities will not help him get well again. Lane joins in with the cool kids of Latham House and even finds himself a girlfriend. There is talk of drinking and drugs so I probably wouldn't recommend this book to any 6th or 7th grade students.
This book was. . . I have no words. It was utterly compelling. The characters were amazing. The plot was amazing. And this is NOT like TFIOS, and I mean this in the best possible way. Robyn Schneider is her own author and has her own style of writing and let me just say EM is FANTASTIC. I loved TBE and I love EM and I can't WAIT to read more of Robyn Schneider's books.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
emotional
hopeful
sad
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
This book about teenagers that end up at a boarding school where they are sick and need to recover from having a horrible strain of multi-drug resistant TB is a gut-wrenching, honest and touching look at how illness can strike anyone and change their lives forever. There is still merriment and spunk in these kids facing such dire circumstances, but it is also dark how they are ostracized from the community and regular life. It is a bit dystopian how it is described in a way that reminds me of a retirement community for teenagers, masquerading as a school. I also thought there were some threads of the story that reminded me of the Dead Poets Society--the pressure put on teenagers sometimes that is so strong.
I thought some of the quotes below were particularly wise for a YA book.
"It seemed so wrong to me then that there were only ten options, ten types of pain. Because I'm pretty sure there are hundreds of types of pain in this world, maybe even thousands. And none of these are numbers on the same scale. They are hurt differently, and amounts have noting to do with it."
"There's a difference between missing someone and mourning them. And I hold out hope that one day I will no longer mourn Sadie, that I will simply remember her, and smile sadly, and then I'll keep going. Because that's all you can do in this world, no matter how strong the current beats against you, or how heavy your burden, or how tragic your love story. You keep going."
I thought some of the quotes below were particularly wise for a YA book.
"It seemed so wrong to me then that there were only ten options, ten types of pain. Because I'm pretty sure there are hundreds of types of pain in this world, maybe even thousands. And none of these are numbers on the same scale. They are hurt differently, and amounts have noting to do with it."
"There's a difference between missing someone and mourning them. And I hold out hope that one day I will no longer mourn Sadie, that I will simply remember her, and smile sadly, and then I'll keep going. Because that's all you can do in this world, no matter how strong the current beats against you, or how heavy your burden, or how tragic your love story. You keep going."