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reader4evr's review against another edition
4.0
Did you know the title of this book was originally called Severed heads, broken hearts. I can see why the author called it that but I like the new title as well.
Overall, lots of emotions in this book. I enjoyed Ezra as the main character. He grew a lot into the book but boy did he have a rocky road. After his accident, I think the fallout that he had with his friends was totally believable. Teenagers are unfortunately like that which made me feel so bad for him. I'm glad that he reconnected with his friend Toby and ending up "joining" the debate team. Cassidy was a very complex character and threw a lot of loop holes throughout the story. I was totally shocked when
Overall I think this is a good contemporary that a lot of boys and girls will like. After reading some other reviews on the story, people were comparing this to Looking for Alaska. I think if when I book talk this I will have a long waiting list for this after telling them that!
Not a big fan of the cover of the book because I think just by the cover girls would pick this up over a boy even though the main character of this story is a boy.
Overall, lots of emotions in this book. I enjoyed Ezra as the main character. He grew a lot into the book but boy did he have a rocky road. After his accident, I think the fallout that he had with his friends was totally believable. Teenagers are unfortunately like that which made me feel so bad for him. I'm glad that he reconnected with his friend Toby and ending up "joining" the debate team. Cassidy was a very complex character and threw a lot of loop holes throughout the story. I was totally shocked when
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we found out that he had been dead for over a year and that he was the one that hit Ezra! That blew my mind!!! I guessed that something not so great happened with him but I was totally shocked and didn't catch on to when Ezra was telling Cassidy about the story about what happened how she figured it out that it was him that her brother hit. I also had predicted that something was going to happen with his dog and a coyote but I didn't expect him to die. WHY!!!Overall I think this is a good contemporary that a lot of boys and girls will like. After reading some other reviews on the story, people were comparing this to Looking for Alaska. I think if when I book talk this I will have a long waiting list for this after telling them that!
Not a big fan of the cover of the book because I think just by the cover girls would pick this up over a boy even though the main character of this story is a boy.
booksandrollercoasters's review against another edition
Not what I expected.
Tonaly not my thing, plot was kinda boring.
Not enough roller coasters to have a roller coaster cover tbh.
Tonaly not my thing, plot was kinda boring.
Not enough roller coasters to have a roller coaster cover tbh.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content and Animal death
ajyaa's review against another edition
3.0
What i like most about this book is Schneider's writing style and how she ended the book. No happy endings, no closure, the characters were left to unravel what life has in store for them.
sarahkline's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
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
3.5
amandalyn's review against another edition
1.0
I can't really decide what I think of this. Except maybe it was trying to hard to be the next Looking For Alaska. Especially with the whole panopticon thing. The author basically replaced the getting out of the labyrinth with getting out of the panopticon. While I didn't hate it and it had some good moments, I'd recommend about 100 other books before I would recommend this one.
Edit after I've let it sit for awhile: Yeah I sort of really really disliked this book. It takes a lot for me to give out a one star rating, but this book just didn't bring anything worthwhile to the table. I wanted to like it so I gave it the benefit of the doubt at first, but yeah I sort of hated it sorry.
Edit after I've let it sit for awhile: Yeah I sort of really really disliked this book. It takes a lot for me to give out a one star rating, but this book just didn't bring anything worthwhile to the table. I wanted to like it so I gave it the benefit of the doubt at first, but yeah I sort of hated it sorry.
grainsage's review against another edition
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? It's complicated
2.75
aiyanamarie's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
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
3.75
roglows's review against another edition
4.0
Some spoilers ahead...
Excellent writing, reminded me a bit of John Green with his wry, clever, ultra down to earth depictions of teenagers in the suburbs. Loved the details and descriptions, the friendships. A few times the jokes and antics of certain characters (like Cassidy) felt a bit force, though...pretentious. Trying a bit too hard to be relevant and clever. (And I don't know if that was intentional or not.)
The end was...well. The end. Total respect for the integrity of it. I got it. At the same time, though, there were some parts of the plot I did not understand. Like **spoiler** the death of Cooper, Ezra's dog. Sure, there was coyote foreshadowing all throughout the book, but when the big moment actually came, I wasn't sure why it happened. I guess it was part of the climax but I thought the death was unnecessary. It almost felt emotionally manipulative, or like it was trying to make the climax more dramatic and painful than it already was.
Also, Cassidy. Even when I found out why she did what she did, her motivations, I felt dissatisfied. Like, but WHY did she go about it the way she did? Felt a bit contrived in what was an otherwise very honest book.
Still, I did enjoy this. A lot. It was a great book and I have a feeling that Robyn's writing is just going to get better and better over time. I really look forward to reading more.
Excellent writing, reminded me a bit of John Green with his wry, clever, ultra down to earth depictions of teenagers in the suburbs. Loved the details and descriptions, the friendships. A few times the jokes and antics of certain characters (like Cassidy) felt a bit force, though...pretentious. Trying a bit too hard to be relevant and clever. (And I don't know if that was intentional or not.)
The end was...well. The end. Total respect for the integrity of it. I got it. At the same time, though, there were some parts of the plot I did not understand. Like **spoiler** the death of Cooper, Ezra's dog. Sure, there was coyote foreshadowing all throughout the book, but when the big moment actually came, I wasn't sure why it happened. I guess it was part of the climax but I thought the death was unnecessary. It almost felt emotionally manipulative, or like it was trying to make the climax more dramatic and painful than it already was.
Also, Cassidy. Even when I found out why she did what she did, her motivations, I felt dissatisfied. Like, but WHY did she go about it the way she did? Felt a bit contrived in what was an otherwise very honest book.
Still, I did enjoy this. A lot. It was a great book and I have a feeling that Robyn's writing is just going to get better and better over time. I really look forward to reading more.
tishywishy's review against another edition
4.0
The book started out charming but ended a bit weird. Thought it took a long time to get into the eventual conflict between Cassidy and Ezra and when it did, it went into hyper - we need to end this book -speed. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the development of their relationship as well as Ezra learning to live and thrive with a disability.