wanderlustlover 's review for:

Panic by Lauren Oliver

4.0

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This book is compared to too many of it's YA counterparts as being not enough different at the beginning, but I have to admit I really loved this book. It's strange, and bare, and it's sparse everywhere. But there's a place for that in literature, too. I did not always see everything coming and certain things were far too obvious from the very first time I saw a hint of them.

I thought the romances were a little convenient, but I madly, truly, deeply loved the best friends, trio of friends, and the family bonds for everyone and between everyone. They were so perfectly imperfect that I could see myself, my friends and people I knew shining through the realism of ups, down, opinions, mistakes, loyalty, everything.