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danifeatherstone 's review for:
Everything, Everything
by Nicola Yoon
It started of okay and I thought I would like it after all the hype it got. But my god, was I underwhelmed and annoyed. At first, I did like Maddie's character. The way she viewed her illness and her relationship with her Mom and Carla. I thought the writing was okay and I enjoyed the way this was told through different media's. The emails with Olly were cute, and I liked her sense of humour. After that the whole book did a 180. It reeks of intsa-love to me. After like 10 pages of talking with Olly she admits she loves him. Actually, often times I thought this book could literally almost be a thriller, with the secrets that are kept. Maddie becomes basically obsessed with Olly. She doesn't care about anything else. She was selfish and immature and was just plain stupid. I mean, if you have an illness that's so serious, surely you would think things through a lot more. The person I cared most about was the mother. I felt sorry for her, and hated Maddie at the end because of the way Maddie treat her through almost all of the book. Olly as a character felt bland and fell flat. I really think I would of benefited from a pov from him to not make him feel so 2D. Everything was so predictable, even the twist at the end which I had guessed from the very beginning. I found myself questioning a lot why or how that would actually even happen, especially stuff surrounding doctor's and nurses in general, that would probably never have let some of the stuff that happened in this book actually happen. It felt unrealistic at times. Also what sort of ending was that. It was so abrupt. I know it was supposed to be romantic and all, but what about Olly. What if he never read the email, because he did stop replying? What if he never showed up? What if he's moved on from her? This brings me back to Maddie being obsessed with Olly, not thinking anything through, and just basically the whole book being way too unrealistic.