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A review by eileenthecrow
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
2.0
this was going great up until that stupid twist. i really hated the way the writer handled it.
we realize the main character of the book has been hallucinating another character in the book this whole time, almost for half a year she has been thinking that this person was right beside them, she was talking to them and acting like they were flesh and blood. how does her psychiatrist react to this news? she makes a life lesson out of it. she tells sam it's a good thing. how does the book deal with this? the book says it might be a side effect of the medication she is taking. how does the goddamn book end? with sam hallucinating ONCE AGAIN and saying "oh, i don't need you anymore" to the hallucination, which (i guess?) just disappears. so... she has a serious problem here, right? she hallucinates even after they deal with her medication which should be a problem. oh wait, the scene was only there so we would think sam is finally /normal./
but hey, i wish we could say "i don't need you anymore!!" to our illnesses and they would just disappear.
the cheesiest way to end a book. what the hell.
Spoiler
we realize the main character of the book has been hallucinating another character in the book this whole time, almost for half a year she has been thinking that this person was right beside them, she was talking to them and acting like they were flesh and blood. how does her psychiatrist react to this news? she makes a life lesson out of it. she tells sam it's a good thing. how does the book deal with this? the book says it might be a side effect of the medication she is taking. how does the goddamn book end? with sam hallucinating ONCE AGAIN and saying "oh, i don't need you anymore" to the hallucination, which (i guess?) just disappears. so... she has a serious problem here, right? she hallucinates even after they deal with her medication which should be a problem. oh wait, the scene was only there so we would think sam is finally /normal./
but hey, i wish we could say "i don't need you anymore!!" to our illnesses and they would just disappear.
the cheesiest way to end a book. what the hell.