Author: Nicola Yoon
Genre: young adult, contemporary
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: September 1, 2015
320 pages, hardcover (307 ARC)
Check out the full synopsis on Goodreads.
I’m going to start this review with what I updated my Goodreads status to as soon as I finished this book:
Oh, man. I don’t care how cheesy it is: I loved everything, everything about this book.
And I did. EVERYTHING. I read the whole thing in one afternoon. I cannot believe this is Nicola Yoon’s debut. We’ve had so many amazing debuts this year! If this is her first book, I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next. Nicola’s writing is absolutely beautiful. I LOVED the inclusion of emails, journal entries, diagrams, medical records, and more. You know me: I think including multiples mediums in a book adds so much to the story, and Nicola wove all of these elements together so well.
I just adore Maddy. She’s strong and fierce and doesn’t let her condition get her down. All of the relationships she had with the other characters in the book felt so honest and genuine. Also, I personally fell in love with Olly right away, but I really appreciated that it wasn’t instalove between Maddy and Olly – you guys know how much I hate that. The way the two of them got to know each other way too cute, and I loved every second.
There are so many emotions in this one, you guys. SO MANY EMOTIONS. My heart was breaking and swelling all at the same time. Everything, Everything is exactly what a contemporary book should be and so much more.
The bottom line: I’m just going to say it again: I loved everything, everything about this book. Nicola – please keep writing!
Rating: 9 – practically perfect
P.S. Shout out to the lovely April from Between the Pages for getting me an ARC of this at BEA!
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Aghh! Your review got me more excited to read this book! As you know, I just got it recently, I have to get to it sooner or later although I’ve heard scary things about the ending making or breaking the book for people. But we’ll see!
Can’t wait to see what you think!
Another awesome book review! September 1 please come NOW. I NEED THIS! 🙂
I love your blog, btw! It’s so simple and cute ❤
September 1 is SO SOON! I hope you love it!
Thank you!!! ❤
I really don’t know how much longer I can wait to read this one!
SOOOOON.
I’m glad to see this book had . . . everything, everything you were looking for in a good read! (Sorry, I couldn’t help myself! I’ll be here all week!)
I love all of these jokes.
Can’t stop, won’t stop.
Don’t stop.
I am so happy that you enjoyed this book! I loved it just as much as you. It was fantastic and it deserves ALL THE HYPE! 😄
Olly is such a wonderful male character, I fell for him immediately. The way Nicola Toon described him… I could picture him I clearly in my head as someone I would fancy.
And our main character Maddy was lovely. She wasn’t frustrating or overly naive.
Wonderful review. xoxo
Thank you! I agree with everything you said. I just adored Olly and Maddy and everything, everything. Haha. I can’t stop.
I’ve heard so many wonderful things about this book! I plan to read this this week as part of Bout of Books! I agree, there have been so many wonderful debuts this year! Mosquitoland is one of my favorite debuts this year!
MOSQUITOLAND!! Umm. Excuse me. I can’t help myself when it comes to that book. Haha. Can’t wait to hear what you think of Everything, Everything!
Love your review! 🙂
I have already pre-ordered this book and cannot wait to have it in my hands and hopefully love it as much as you did!
I hope you do too!
I just this yesterday and I have to agree with you. It is truly a superlative debut. I was a little unsure about the ending at first, but the more I thought about it the more I liked it. 😊
I’m so glad you enjoyed it too! It’s such a superb book!
This and “Simon vs the Homo Sapien Agenda” are two of my favorite YA reads this year.😊
ME TOO!
Love the cover! Glad to hear the inside is equally as delicious.
That is a great description. 🙂
I am SO excited to read this one!! I’m glad to see you loved it so much! It sounds like a perfect YA.
IT ISSSSS! Everything about it was wonderful to me. I hope you enjoy it!