Reviews

We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

luosymekawa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

Would recommend to anyone!

emmelineh's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

yopoydan_kirjat's review

4.0

Amber McBriden kauninkantinen YA-säeromaani on kuvaus masennuksesta ja lamauttavasta surusta, mutta myös juurevasta magiasta ja saduista.

"This is what I know:
my name is Whimsy & magic is real -
a fine glitter hovering in the air.
--
Hoodoo is real, witches & Fae people too.
--
Fairy Tales are real." (s. 3-5)

Päähenkilö on 18-vuotias Whimsy, joka sairastaa vakavaa masennusta. Hän tapaa viimeisimmän sairaalajaksonsa aikana samanikäisen pojan, jolla on mintunvihreä tukka. Aurinko paljastaa pojan salaisuuden: hänellä on siivet. Whimsyn maailmassa taikuus ja noidat ja keijut ovat totta. Sadut heräävät säkeissä eloon odottamattomalla tavalla.

"Everything starts in the middle
not the beginning or the end -
stories start in the middle" (s. 191)

Nautin suuresti teoksen kauniista kielestä ja suosittelen lämpimästi lukemaan tämän, jos kuvaus masennuksesta ja viittaukset itsetuhoisiin ajatuksiin eivät ahdista.

bmcfee's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

torereads's review

4.0

A very poetic and fantasy driven representation of how it feels to deal with depression and trauma.

alyssa2012's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

amberxc12's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

Beautiful story about tough topics. 

nichole1988's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

kelsiereads15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

carissatheluca's review

1.0

Even if I'd enjoyed the format (very much did not, but that's my bad for not flicking through library books), this was just extremely poorly written. Cliché, painfully drawn out, and bizarre to the point of absurdity. It was hard to keep reminding myself this was supposed to be about clinical depression and not just horribly untreated schizophrenia.