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A review by shannen_rijckx
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
5.0
I am nor sure how to begin with my review and it probably won’t be the best one, but I just had to say something about this beautiful book. Also I am not sure if some things are spoilers but be warned!
Wow. That’s all I can say. The writing was AMAZING. The story was very gripping and the emotions felt by Marin were so real I felt them.
Grief is for everyone different and we all know that. How Marin treats her grief is very understandable once you’ve finished the story. Everything that happend to her and what she has been through in such a short time could break anyone. I kinda relate to her in someways and (SPOILER) if I could run away to a motel I would’ve done it to.
Sometimes Mabel annoyed the hell out of me and the only reason she did is because I felt like she was trying to force Marin to not grief anymore. I felt like she was trying to force Marin to say everything that she has been trying to cope with and for some people this is the way but I felt with Marin she needs to have some healing time first. That was the only thing that bothered me about Mabel.
Something that bothered me with Mabel was the fact she didn’t share and ignored everyone trying to help (hypocritical of me tbh). Maybe that is why it bothered me, because I know it is bad to push everyone away and try to deal with everything on your own. Sometimes you can but most of the times you can’t.
What I loved about this book was the writing. I really felt every emotion Marin or Mabel or someone else felt, places that were described I could clearly see, when times changed I had no problem adjusting. This book read really easy to somebody who’s first language is not English.
I am so glad I picked up this book because of it’s cover!
Wow. That’s all I can say. The writing was AMAZING. The story was very gripping and the emotions felt by Marin were so real I felt them.
Grief is for everyone different and we all know that. How Marin treats her grief is very understandable once you’ve finished the story. Everything that happend to her and what she has been through in such a short time could break anyone. I kinda relate to her in someways and (SPOILER) if I could run away to a motel I would’ve done it to.
Sometimes Mabel annoyed the hell out of me and the only reason she did is because I felt like she was trying to force Marin to not grief anymore. I felt like she was trying to force Marin to say everything that she has been trying to cope with and for some people this is the way but I felt with Marin she needs to have some healing time first. That was the only thing that bothered me about Mabel.
Something that bothered me with Mabel was the fact she didn’t share and ignored everyone trying to help (hypocritical of me tbh). Maybe that is why it bothered me, because I know it is bad to push everyone away and try to deal with everything on your own. Sometimes you can but most of the times you can’t.
What I loved about this book was the writing. I really felt every emotion Marin or Mabel or someone else felt, places that were described I could clearly see, when times changed I had no problem adjusting. This book read really easy to somebody who’s first language is not English.
I am so glad I picked up this book because of it’s cover!