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A review by jang
Invincible by Amy Reed
3.0
There were lots of raw and tender moments in the first act that made my eyes water even if the first act was slow-paced and dragging. The second act, on the contrary, was fast-paced but really chaotic especially during the most tumultuous moments of Evie's downward spiral.
Naturally, I liked Evie more when she was a dying cancer patient making peace with death and just vying for her time because she got hold of herself more then. When she went into her self-destructive, angry phase post-cancer I just sneered at her most of the time, which I think was the intention of the book. I liked living inside her head when she was waiting for death because she was more peaceful though expectedly scared.
I thought this was going to be a full-on cancer story (which I have a soft spot for due to personal reasons), but this story was really more about addiction to prescription drugs and even self-harm. The book tackled some pretty important issues but they got tangled in the web of many other important issues that this book mentioned but never fully covered (drugs, boozing, self-destruction, bulimia). The book just got really chaotic in the end that I kind of almost gave up on reading but I was waiting for Evie's redemption.
And uh, some of the things Evie did would surely warrant her a few weeks of confinement inside the hospital. As gruesome as this sounds, cancer never really goes away even if a person is ruled out as someone who's healed, cured, or cleared. She did some pretty nasty and messy shit for someone who was supposed to be dying a few weeks ago.
I kind of like Marcus for her even though he has some severe personal demons as well.
Then the cliffhanger ending happened, and now I have to wait for book 2 for the conclusion. Drat.
Naturally, I liked Evie more when she was a dying cancer patient making peace with death and just vying for her time because she got hold of herself more then. When she went into her self-destructive, angry phase post-cancer I just sneered at her most of the time, which I think was the intention of the book. I liked living inside her head when she was waiting for death because she was more peaceful though expectedly scared.
I thought this was going to be a full-on cancer story (which I have a soft spot for due to personal reasons), but this story was really more about addiction to prescription drugs and even self-harm. The book tackled some pretty important issues but they got tangled in the web of many other important issues that this book mentioned but never fully covered (drugs, boozing, self-destruction, bulimia). The book just got really chaotic in the end that I kind of almost gave up on reading but I was waiting for Evie's redemption.
And uh, some of the things Evie did would surely warrant her a few weeks of confinement inside the hospital. As gruesome as this sounds, cancer never really goes away even if a person is ruled out as someone who's healed, cured, or cleared. She did some pretty nasty and messy shit for someone who was supposed to be dying a few weeks ago.
I kind of like Marcus for her even though he has some severe personal demons as well.
Then the cliffhanger ending happened, and now I have to wait for book 2 for the conclusion. Drat.