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A review by pipe_dream
You Know Me Well by David Levithan, Nina LaCour
4.0
This story is like a daydream. A little unrealistic chain of events. Of what ifs.
In Kate's case, it's a good daydream about a lie becoming true. About things an artist, a person in love wished would happen. At least it is supposed to be good. But that's only on the surface. Deep inside the daydreamer - Kate - doesn't want some of it. Is afraid of it. Feels unworthy. And it casts shadow over her life, like her subconscious knows what is happening inside her, and the daydream is stained with it. And Mark, her new friend, is a person that helps her think, to be brave, to face the truth. A kind of friend that has your back no matter what.
In Mark's case, it's a bad daydream. He does things to impress a boy he loves, but instead gets his heart crushed. And each moment brings him pain. But also leads to an understanding, sort of. Kate, for him, is a person that comforts him, encourages him, helps him forget for a moment. A friend that is there, when you fall apart.
It's a book about being honest, being true to yourself and to others. About pride in who you are, or in who you are becoming. It may be unrealistic, but the feelings, the problems that the characters are faced with are real. Are something that the reader can relate to.
I cried a lot, towards the end of this book. Had to stop reading for a moment. Calm down, only to start crying again. I guess I cried for Kate. For Mark. For myself. For friendship kind of lost and friendship gained. For my own what ifs. And for some other things.
In Kate's case, it's a good daydream about a lie becoming true. About things an artist, a person in love wished would happen. At least it is supposed to be good. But that's only on the surface. Deep inside the daydreamer - Kate - doesn't want some of it. Is afraid of it. Feels unworthy. And it casts shadow over her life, like her subconscious knows what is happening inside her, and the daydream is stained with it. And Mark, her new friend, is a person that helps her think, to be brave, to face the truth. A kind of friend that has your back no matter what.
In Mark's case, it's a bad daydream. He does things to impress a boy he loves, but instead gets his heart crushed. And each moment brings him pain. But also leads to an understanding, sort of. Kate, for him, is a person that comforts him, encourages him, helps him forget for a moment. A friend that is there, when you fall apart.
It's a book about being honest, being true to yourself and to others. About pride in who you are, or in who you are becoming. It may be unrealistic, but the feelings, the problems that the characters are faced with are real. Are something that the reader can relate to.
I cried a lot, towards the end of this book. Had to stop reading for a moment. Calm down, only to start crying again. I guess I cried for Kate. For Mark. For myself. For friendship kind of lost and friendship gained. For my own what ifs. And for some other things.