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You Are The Everything
Can you want something—or someone—so badly that you change your destiny? Elyse Schmidt never would have believed it, until it happened to her. When Elyse and her not-so-secret crush, Josh Harris, are the sole survivors of a plane crash, tragedy binds them together. It’s as if their love story is meant to be. Everything is perfect, or as perfect as it can be when you’ve literally fallen out of the sky and landed hard on the side of a mountain—until suddenly it isn’t. And when the pieces of Elyse’s life stop fitting together, what is left?
272 pages, Hardcover
First published October 30, 2018
About the author
Karen Rivers
25 books218 followersKaren Rivers is too thrown by the "Date of Death" drop down that has appeared below her name in the editing section of this page to actually write anything about her life. When she recovers, this box will be filled with imperative biographical information and may include SECRETS and probably also a few LIES. Now she is going to sit back and anxiously track that "Date of Death" box in case a date suddenly appears, foretelling her imminent doom.
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February 29, 2024
How do you talk about a book that made you feel emotions you can’t even name, because you’ve never felt them before?
July 2, 2019
book #4
for summerathon, under the challenge of: "drink your favorite summertime drink while reading" ✓
3 mugs of tea later and here we are. y'all, i was NOT ready for that ending.
- the book is written entirely in second person narration and it definitely took some time to get used to but I think it did well to set the tone of the unstable/unreliable narrator
- i wasnt a huge fan of the romance, it was very much obsessive and I KNOW its used to express how eylse was unhinged and dealing with trauma from the beginning but still
- but her referring her bf, JOSH HARRIS by his entire name every time, was really annoying ngl
- you really have to read this book for the ending bc its really shocking and the part portion of the book had my heart pounding and my anxiety flying EVEN THOUGH I KNOW ITS FICTION AND USUALLY BOOKS DON’T EFFECT ME SO SERIOUSLY but I got to give it to this book, the ending was crazy and confusing
- In hindsight, the little details the author wove throughout the entire story is absolute genius and you really get to appreciate how dedicated and precise her writing had to be to pull it off
- But honestly the majority of the book is very repetitive and FOCUSED on the co-dependent romance, which I wasn’t a fan of
- And so the majority of the book I was just holding out for the ending and im sure if it wasn’t talked about so much I would have given up much earlier
- The scene with
so,
read it for the ending
3 mugs of tea later and here we are. y'all, i was NOT ready for that ending.
- the book is written entirely in second person narration and it definitely took some time to get used to but I think it did well to set the tone of the unstable/unreliable narrator
- i wasnt a huge fan of the romance, it was very much obsessive and I KNOW its used to express how eylse was unhinged and dealing with trauma from the beginning but still
- but her referring her bf, JOSH HARRIS by his entire name every time, was really annoying ngl
- you really have to read this book for the ending bc its really shocking and the part portion of the book had my heart pounding and my anxiety flying EVEN THOUGH I KNOW ITS FICTION AND USUALLY BOOKS DON’T EFFECT ME SO SERIOUSLY but I got to give it to this book, the ending was crazy and confusing
- In hindsight, the little details the author wove throughout the entire story is absolute genius and you really get to appreciate how dedicated and precise her writing had to be to pull it off
- But honestly the majority of the book is very repetitive and FOCUSED on the co-dependent romance, which I wasn’t a fan of
- And so the majority of the book I was just holding out for the ending and im sure if it wasn’t talked about so much I would have given up much earlier
- The scene with
so,
read it for the ending
November 1, 2018
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 / 5
Highly unusual, You Are The Everything by Karen Rivers is so much more than a contemporary romance, and more like a weird dreamworld.
What it's about: Elyse Schmidt is on the way back to California from a band festival in Paris when the plane she is on crashes, and the only survivors are Elyse and her crush Josh Harris. Both of their families move to Wyoming to escape the attention from media and other people, and Elyse and Josh start a relationship bound together by what they both survived..
I don't want to say more about the plot because the end threw me for a loop and there isn't a good way to mention it without giving anything away. Although the book is considered a contemporary romance, it was really more about dealing with anxiety and trauma after a tragedy. The book is written entirely in second person told from the viewpoint of Elyse, and I thought she was very relatable. She is 16/17 in the book and she has major anxiety, panic attacks, and arthritis. Now just add being 1 of 2 survivors of a plane crash and isn't that a ton of stress.
You Are The Everything is very quirky, if you can't tell already from the second person narrative, but also heartbreaking. I didn't actually cry while reading it, but I'm sure some people will.
Also something important to note is that Elyse always calls Josh by his full name in the book, and Josh always calls her by her full name or just Schmidt (which she doesn't like but won't tell him). I can see how that would bother some people and it was weird seeing "Josh Harris" all the time, but it didn't really bug me. I was probably too busy trying to understand exactly what was happening.
Final Thought: The ending of this book is just CRAY, and I really need other people to read this and help me decipher exactly what was going on. It basically left me with that "what did I just read?" feeling that so many of us love so much. Overall it was a quick read and did make me laugh as well as hit me in the heart. I recommend checking it out if you are into something a little unusual that is not your typical YA contemporary romance novel.
Highly unusual, You Are The Everything by Karen Rivers is so much more than a contemporary romance, and more like a weird dreamworld.
What it's about: Elyse Schmidt is on the way back to California from a band festival in Paris when the plane she is on crashes, and the only survivors are Elyse and her crush Josh Harris. Both of their families move to Wyoming to escape the attention from media and other people, and Elyse and Josh start a relationship bound together by what they both survived..
I don't want to say more about the plot because the end threw me for a loop and there isn't a good way to mention it without giving anything away. Although the book is considered a contemporary romance, it was really more about dealing with anxiety and trauma after a tragedy. The book is written entirely in second person told from the viewpoint of Elyse, and I thought she was very relatable. She is 16/17 in the book and she has major anxiety, panic attacks, and arthritis. Now just add being 1 of 2 survivors of a plane crash and isn't that a ton of stress.
You Are The Everything is very quirky, if you can't tell already from the second person narrative, but also heartbreaking. I didn't actually cry while reading it, but I'm sure some people will.
Also something important to note is that Elyse always calls Josh by his full name in the book, and Josh always calls her by her full name or just Schmidt (which she doesn't like but won't tell him). I can see how that would bother some people and it was weird seeing "Josh Harris" all the time, but it didn't really bug me. I was probably too busy trying to understand exactly what was happening.
Final Thought: The ending of this book is just CRAY, and I really need other people to read this and help me decipher exactly what was going on. It basically left me with that "what did I just read?" feeling that so many of us love so much. Overall it was a quick read and did make me laugh as well as hit me in the heart. I recommend checking it out if you are into something a little unusual that is not your typical YA contemporary romance novel.
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October 14, 2018This book ruined my life. I do not remember the last time I cried so hard. God, what an interesting narrative. What a talented author. What a horrible thing to do to me.
August 20, 2021
Quite possibly the worst, most predictable, boring, pointless book I’ve ever read. The use of second person was insufferable, and I don’t think I truly liked a single one of the characters. The ending was trying SO hard to be deep, but made absolutely no sense at all and left entirely too much to be desired.
November 3, 2018
Originally published on The Nerd Daily | Review by Nathalie DeFelice
Karen Rivers has redefined what a haunting story means to me. You Are The Everything is the story of Elyse Schmidt, a sixteen year old girl whose life has been completely transformed due to a tragic plane crash where she and her crush Josh Harris are the only survivors. They’re in love, bound by the tragedy, and life couldn’t be better for Elyse. Everything is so perfect. Except it isn’t. It wasn’t. So what’s a girl to do when things stop making sense, and life is turned upside down? Told in the second person point of view, you are the character in this story…and I can only hope you’re ready for the journey that you’re about to embark on.
If you’re expecting a funny, teen romantic comedy, pick a different book. That isn’t to say that this book is not at times funny or humorous, but the overall tone is very methodically thoughtful and serious. Be prepared for some existential thoughts about life.
I can only describe my first thoughts after reading this story as shock. There’s something powerful about the second person point of view that really pulled me into this story. I was no longer myself, but Elyse Schmidt. A girl who is almost stalker-level obsessed with Josh Harris before the plane crash. Yet because of that plane crash, she and Josh Harris are now connected. The story is a little difficult to explain because in explaining it, I give a lot away. This is a journey that I encourage every reader to take, although if you are sensitive to trauma, I would approach this story very carefully.
What I can tell you about this story is that it is told in parts, three to be exact. In each of those parts, Elyse switches back and forth between the past and the present. Memories and thoughts about everything that happened “before” (the plane crash) and what it is like now. Like puzzle pieces, Elyse is trying to put everything back together, but she’s having trouble making it all fit. Since I can’t give too much of a summary without giving the story away, I’ll instead choose a quote within You Are The Everything that I felt were very befitting of the story’s theme:
"Two truths. Something is a lie. But which one is the lie?"
Elyse’s journey will really make you think about life, death, and the things that we would do to survive. If I had to pick a favourite character, I would have to say that it’s Kath. She’s adds a sardonically funny tone to the story that is refreshingly unexpected. Unexpected is another word that I would use to describe You Are The Everything. It has these moments that would seem so small, and yet have this rippling impact that you see as you progress through the story. I loved it.
This was my first experience with reading a story in the second person point of view and I loved it. It whittles away at you until you are the character and the character is you. It left me contemplative about my life, and it’s something that I’ve felt few books have had the power to do. You’ve experienced this great tragedy in the story as you read, and when you’re finished, you have a hard time believing that it hasn’t happened. I felt haunted. Not in a scary way, just in a…I’ve now had this non-existent experience and have a lot of feelings about the experience. It’s a very goosebump-inducing feeling.
This story receives a 10/10 for me, for how well done it was. Elyse as a character was one with quite a few flaws, but above the superficial feelings that I had at times about the personality of the character, was very well written. Although the story was also very character driven, I feel that we got to see a bit of world building as well, just not quite in the way that I would have traditionally thought as world building. I’m hopeful that readers that pick up this story will go on their own journey as Elyse, and look at life in a new perspective when they reach the end of You Are The Everything.
Karen Rivers has redefined what a haunting story means to me. You Are The Everything is the story of Elyse Schmidt, a sixteen year old girl whose life has been completely transformed due to a tragic plane crash where she and her crush Josh Harris are the only survivors. They’re in love, bound by the tragedy, and life couldn’t be better for Elyse. Everything is so perfect. Except it isn’t. It wasn’t. So what’s a girl to do when things stop making sense, and life is turned upside down? Told in the second person point of view, you are the character in this story…and I can only hope you’re ready for the journey that you’re about to embark on.
If you’re expecting a funny, teen romantic comedy, pick a different book. That isn’t to say that this book is not at times funny or humorous, but the overall tone is very methodically thoughtful and serious. Be prepared for some existential thoughts about life.
I can only describe my first thoughts after reading this story as shock. There’s something powerful about the second person point of view that really pulled me into this story. I was no longer myself, but Elyse Schmidt. A girl who is almost stalker-level obsessed with Josh Harris before the plane crash. Yet because of that plane crash, she and Josh Harris are now connected. The story is a little difficult to explain because in explaining it, I give a lot away. This is a journey that I encourage every reader to take, although if you are sensitive to trauma, I would approach this story very carefully.
What I can tell you about this story is that it is told in parts, three to be exact. In each of those parts, Elyse switches back and forth between the past and the present. Memories and thoughts about everything that happened “before” (the plane crash) and what it is like now. Like puzzle pieces, Elyse is trying to put everything back together, but she’s having trouble making it all fit. Since I can’t give too much of a summary without giving the story away, I’ll instead choose a quote within You Are The Everything that I felt were very befitting of the story’s theme:
"Two truths. Something is a lie. But which one is the lie?"
Elyse’s journey will really make you think about life, death, and the things that we would do to survive. If I had to pick a favourite character, I would have to say that it’s Kath. She’s adds a sardonically funny tone to the story that is refreshingly unexpected. Unexpected is another word that I would use to describe You Are The Everything. It has these moments that would seem so small, and yet have this rippling impact that you see as you progress through the story. I loved it.
This was my first experience with reading a story in the second person point of view and I loved it. It whittles away at you until you are the character and the character is you. It left me contemplative about my life, and it’s something that I’ve felt few books have had the power to do. You’ve experienced this great tragedy in the story as you read, and when you’re finished, you have a hard time believing that it hasn’t happened. I felt haunted. Not in a scary way, just in a…I’ve now had this non-existent experience and have a lot of feelings about the experience. It’s a very goosebump-inducing feeling.
This story receives a 10/10 for me, for how well done it was. Elyse as a character was one with quite a few flaws, but above the superficial feelings that I had at times about the personality of the character, was very well written. Although the story was also very character driven, I feel that we got to see a bit of world building as well, just not quite in the way that I would have traditionally thought as world building. I’m hopeful that readers that pick up this story will go on their own journey as Elyse, and look at life in a new perspective when they reach the end of You Are The Everything.
November 2, 2019
Tohle prostě nebylo pro mě. První polovina je skvělá, ale pak se do toho autorka trochu zamotává a pořád se opakuje. No a rozuzlení je podle mého fakt špatně pochopitelné, zmatené a ne úplně uspokojivé.
A ještě ke všemu je to celé psané ve druhé osobě :D
2/5*
A ještě ke všemu je to celé psané ve druhé osobě :D
2/5*
July 26, 2021
That was the most pointless, predictable book I've ever read. I'm being generous and giving it two stars because it sort of made me feel something in the end, but overall, it was just terrible.| I'm sorry I changed my mind it has to be 1 star😭😭😭it was just bad
October 28, 2019
Elyse Schmidt has had a crush on Josh Harris since the 4th grade. On their way back from Paris after a high school band competition, she has the luck to be sitting beside him on the last row on the plane. Elyse and her friend Kath had a fight and Kath gave her seat to Josh Harris so she would not sit with Elyse on the plane. Josh is fast asleep, but it does not stop Elyse to fantasize about how it would be if they were dating. She is drawing all kinds of life events where she and Josh are a couple. Suddenly, turbulence starts, the plane tilts, and soon everything is chaos and panic. Elyse realises that they are about to crash. Soon after impact, she is hurt, and she knows that she must escape if she wants to survive. She escapes the plane and rolls down a hill hurting all over. She eventually stops against someone and she knows that it is Josh Harris. He is breathing. The plane explodes and Elyse realises that they are the only two survivors.
After months of rehab, Elyse and Josh are now in love and move with their family to Wyoming to get away from all the publicity surrounding them. The story follows Elyse’s life as she struggles with memory issues, loving Josh, and coming to terms with the loss of her best friend, Kath. Elyse struggles and she has memory gaps which bring doubt to what is real and what is not.
This book is a big surprise. It is beautifully written and moving.
🙋🏼♀️ Thank you Thomas Allen and Son for sending me a final copy of this emotional book. You are the Everything by Karen Rivers will be available at your favourite bookstore on October 29, 2019.
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May 6, 2019“You wish that something would happen before you land, something that would make this trip worthwhile, after all. A story you can tell, later, one that ends with, 'And that's how me and Josh Harris got together.'”
Can you want something—or someone—so badly that you change your destiny?
That is the lead-in for YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING, the latest novel from Karen Rivers. Centered around a teen girl named Elyse Schmidt, the novel asks, what if? WHAT IF you believe in something so fiercely that it comes true? Are there consequences? Can you live with them?
Elyse is crazy in love with Josh Harris -- but she'll never work up the nerve to tell him. Instead, she makes a graphic novel starring them and lives out her fantasies on paper. She tells her best friend Kath that if she changed their names, "Then it wouldn't be real. Anyway, it feels more proactive than mooning. It's like that book The Secret. I can secret it into being true. Maybe. Theoretically." (Page 23, US hardcover edition) Elyse is on the way home from Paris, where she took a class trip for an international band competition. She's feuding with her best friend Kath, and now able to sit next to her crush, Josh Harris. While she's mad at Kath, she's also in pure bliss -- until the plane crashes. She and Josh Harris are the only survivors, and Elyse believes it's due to the fact that she made a graphic novel about them and wished it into life. But the consequences of her wish are horrific, and was the cost worth it?
It's really hard to talk about plot without a lot of spoilers, so I'm not going to try. One of the most unique aspects of it is that it's written in second person. I very rarely see books in second person. The first to come to mind is YOU by Charles Benoit. I feel like there's another that I read recently that my mind kept trying to recall, but it still escapes me. Using second person makes a story feel more immediate, like the reader is the one directly experiencing what is happening.
The emotions I felt when reading YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING followed my thought process during GOING BOVINE by Libba Bray and AS SHE FADES by Abbi Glines. Again, I don't want to spoil things, but if you loved those books, you are really going to love this one as well!
YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING is a fast read that you can finish in one sitting, and lets you experience a tragedy that nobody should ever have to go through as though you're right there yourself.
Can you want something—or someone—so badly that you change your destiny?
That is the lead-in for YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING, the latest novel from Karen Rivers. Centered around a teen girl named Elyse Schmidt, the novel asks, what if? WHAT IF you believe in something so fiercely that it comes true? Are there consequences? Can you live with them?
Elyse is crazy in love with Josh Harris -- but she'll never work up the nerve to tell him. Instead, she makes a graphic novel starring them and lives out her fantasies on paper. She tells her best friend Kath that if she changed their names, "Then it wouldn't be real. Anyway, it feels more proactive than mooning. It's like that book The Secret. I can secret it into being true. Maybe. Theoretically." (Page 23, US hardcover edition) Elyse is on the way home from Paris, where she took a class trip for an international band competition. She's feuding with her best friend Kath, and now able to sit next to her crush, Josh Harris. While she's mad at Kath, she's also in pure bliss -- until the plane crashes. She and Josh Harris are the only survivors, and Elyse believes it's due to the fact that she made a graphic novel about them and wished it into life. But the consequences of her wish are horrific, and was the cost worth it?
It's really hard to talk about plot without a lot of spoilers, so I'm not going to try. One of the most unique aspects of it is that it's written in second person. I very rarely see books in second person. The first to come to mind is YOU by Charles Benoit. I feel like there's another that I read recently that my mind kept trying to recall, but it still escapes me. Using second person makes a story feel more immediate, like the reader is the one directly experiencing what is happening.
The emotions I felt when reading YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING followed my thought process during GOING BOVINE by Libba Bray and AS SHE FADES by Abbi Glines. Again, I don't want to spoil things, but if you loved those books, you are really going to love this one as well!
YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING is a fast read that you can finish in one sitting, and lets you experience a tragedy that nobody should ever have to go through as though you're right there yourself.
October 8, 2018
Netgalley provided me a DRC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I. AM. SHOOK.
Rivers' books have been a mixed bag for me. I really enjoyed her exploration of grief and guilt in Before We Go Extinct, but I wasn't a fan of the weird-but-not-in-a-good-way The Girl in the Well Is Me (and as someone who adores the weirdness that is Andrew Smith's science-fiction, that should tell you something).
So I wasn't sure what I was would get with this one--and I'm still not sure what I just read. But it's damn near a 5-star read. The blurb just doesn't do it justice. Yes, it's about a pair of teenagers who survive a plane crash, find love, and deal with guilt. But...it's also NOT about that at all.
I felt extremely anxious throughout the entire book...there are pieces woven in that are confusing and disturbing and produce WTF moments that you kind of shrug off. BUT THEN THEY MAKE PERFECT SENSE AND WHY DID I SHRUG THEM OFF?! My anxiety levels were off the charts.
This is a terrible review, I know. I just honestly don't know what to say without giving away large spoilers. If you like reading books that offer something different and that keep your emotions reeling, read this. And if you're one of those spoiler-happy people...here you go:
I. AM. SHOOK.
Rivers' books have been a mixed bag for me. I really enjoyed her exploration of grief and guilt in Before We Go Extinct, but I wasn't a fan of the weird-but-not-in-a-good-way The Girl in the Well Is Me (and as someone who adores the weirdness that is Andrew Smith's science-fiction, that should tell you something).
So I wasn't sure what I was would get with this one--and I'm still not sure what I just read. But it's damn near a 5-star read. The blurb just doesn't do it justice. Yes, it's about a pair of teenagers who survive a plane crash, find love, and deal with guilt. But...it's also NOT about that at all.
I felt extremely anxious throughout the entire book...there are pieces woven in that are confusing and disturbing and produce WTF moments that you kind of shrug off. BUT THEN THEY MAKE PERFECT SENSE AND WHY DID I SHRUG THEM OFF?! My anxiety levels were off the charts.
This is a terrible review, I know. I just honestly don't know what to say without giving away large spoilers. If you like reading books that offer something different and that keep your emotions reeling, read this. And if you're one of those spoiler-happy people...here you go:
November 12, 2018
MY RATING: 3/5 STARS
I received a copy from Thomas Allen & Sons in exchange for a honest review.
This is my first Karen Rivers book so I didn't know what to expect. To my surprise, the book is entirely written from second person POV so it was essentially a book about myself. Ha!
The book actually follows Elyse Schmidt who is returning home to California after a music festival in Paris when tragedy strikes. The plane crashes and the only sole survivors are Elyse and her crush, Josh Harris. Elyse and her family decides to move to escape the media attention that happens when such a huge miracle happens. Throughout the book we see Elyse struggle with accepting the losses of people she knew around her including her best friend and fall more in love with Josh.
This book is not a typical light young-adult novel as it dealt with heavier topics such as panic attacks and anxiety. Elyse was clearly suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and the emotions rippled off the pages. I felt the deep pain she felt and the immense sadness as well.
I found myself to really enjoy where the story was taking me and it flew right by since it wasn't too long of a story. I think everyone who has read this book would say that the ending really messed us all up but definitely no spoilers! Just read it to find out.
MY RECOMMENDATION
Pick this one up if you're feeling like a quirky novel with the impact of a thousand emotions.
I received a copy from Thomas Allen & Sons in exchange for a honest review.
This is my first Karen Rivers book so I didn't know what to expect. To my surprise, the book is entirely written from second person POV so it was essentially a book about myself. Ha!
The book actually follows Elyse Schmidt who is returning home to California after a music festival in Paris when tragedy strikes. The plane crashes and the only sole survivors are Elyse and her crush, Josh Harris. Elyse and her family decides to move to escape the media attention that happens when such a huge miracle happens. Throughout the book we see Elyse struggle with accepting the losses of people she knew around her including her best friend and fall more in love with Josh.
This book is not a typical light young-adult novel as it dealt with heavier topics such as panic attacks and anxiety. Elyse was clearly suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and the emotions rippled off the pages. I felt the deep pain she felt and the immense sadness as well.
I found myself to really enjoy where the story was taking me and it flew right by since it wasn't too long of a story. I think everyone who has read this book would say that the ending really messed us all up but definitely no spoilers! Just read it to find out.
MY RECOMMENDATION
Pick this one up if you're feeling like a quirky novel with the impact of a thousand emotions.
March 29, 2019
‘What could have been, what isn’t, what wasn’t, and what never will be.’
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Wow. So many different thoughts and feelings here. This book is packed with emotion, perspective, trauma, and new beginnings. It will catch you off guard, and make you reflect on your own personal existential thoughts about life.
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I struggled to stay engaged with the characters. I was intrigued by some of the repercussions in their lives post-crash, but found myself losing touch with them throughout. There were repetitive moments that made it hard for me to enjoy, however, I also felt some of that was intentional, given Elyse’s own experiences with memory and repetition.
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What I will say is, you’re reading this for the ending. I will not say more about that, but when you pick it up, know what you’re reading it for the ending. It’s simply, wow.
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Wow. So many different thoughts and feelings here. This book is packed with emotion, perspective, trauma, and new beginnings. It will catch you off guard, and make you reflect on your own personal existential thoughts about life.
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I struggled to stay engaged with the characters. I was intrigued by some of the repercussions in their lives post-crash, but found myself losing touch with them throughout. There were repetitive moments that made it hard for me to enjoy, however, I also felt some of that was intentional, given Elyse’s own experiences with memory and repetition.
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What I will say is, you’re reading this for the ending. I will not say more about that, but when you pick it up, know what you’re reading it for the ending. It’s simply, wow.
January 9, 2020
this book was so good I loved it. This book You Are The Everything bye Karen Rivers is about a girl named Elyse Schmidt going on a school trip and gets into a plane crash. she has a huge crush on a guy named Josh Harris, and before the plane crashes she draws there future. she imagines what life would be like if they survived the plane crash and where the only ones. is what she imagines going to come true or will it say a dream forever.
May 20, 2020
There isn't a way to review this book without giving too much away. Told in second person by Elyse Schmidt. Elyse has a crush on Josh. After the two survive a plane crash, they become a couple. Will they live happily ever after?
Give this one to voracious readers who are looking for something different. The ending will leave them wondering and questioning what they just read.
Give this one to voracious readers who are looking for something different. The ending will leave them wondering and questioning what they just read.
October 24, 2018
Thank you @algonquinyr for sending me an advance reading copy of You Are the Everything by Karen Rivers. Release date is October 30!
This YA book is about Elyse, a 16 year-old lost in her head, who best communicates her thoughts by drawing graphic stories. She’s returning from a band event in Paris and sitting on the plane back to California next to her dreamy crush Josh Harris. The beginning of the novel felt very juvenile and middle grade. However, the narrative perspective was so unusual I had to Google it. The book is told in first person by Elyse but she refers to herself in the third person. So, apparently this is something that narcissists do. And it’s also a coping mechanism for those with anxiety or stress. I read that it’s a way to remove yourself from the situation and view it from afar so that you’re better able to cope. Ok, now I was intrigued.
That’s all I can share without providing any spoilers. Bottom line - stick with it until the end.
This YA book is about Elyse, a 16 year-old lost in her head, who best communicates her thoughts by drawing graphic stories. She’s returning from a band event in Paris and sitting on the plane back to California next to her dreamy crush Josh Harris. The beginning of the novel felt very juvenile and middle grade. However, the narrative perspective was so unusual I had to Google it. The book is told in first person by Elyse but she refers to herself in the third person. So, apparently this is something that narcissists do. And it’s also a coping mechanism for those with anxiety or stress. I read that it’s a way to remove yourself from the situation and view it from afar so that you’re better able to cope. Ok, now I was intrigued.
That’s all I can share without providing any spoilers. Bottom line - stick with it until the end.
January 17, 2019
You Are The Everything introduced me to a whole new dimension of storytelling. This book is packed with emotion, perspective, and devastating trama. In my opinion, the novel should be read without knowing all too much about the characters and their motivations. I feel as if the characters throughout were left a little unfulfilled. I am astounded by everything about this book, but especially the foreshadowing. The little clues and hints along the way looking back, makes you realize how brilliantly this book was written. I absolutely loved the narrative voice in this novel! Though the novel could’ve had a bit more depth. The characters were too stereotyped and some parts of the novel were just a bit flat.
Elyse Schmidt is completely transformed after tragic plane crash where she and her crush Josh Harris are the only survivors. The storyline skipped everything after the plane crashed, speeding to Elyse’s perfect world with Josh as her boyfriend. I didn’t understand why the author did this at first, but it was to show the difference between dreams and reality. Everything after proved that Elyse wasn’t such an ordinary and innocent girl. The beginning gave clues about how obsessive she can be, but I didn’t quite notice until she got her ‘perfect reality’. She loves Josh with every inch of her heart and totally is definitely obsessed with his every action. I can’t understand why the author chose to create Josh as one of the many main characters. Josh seems to be quite dull and definitely unnourished. It’s almost as if Josh was created only for Elyse to control and use.
How the author shaped the characters also felt a little odd, but did bring some sort of needed depth. After the plane crash Elyse woke up with no memory of what happened in the past and a missing eye. At first this gave me a sudden shock, but I later realized how realistic the novel has become. The characters had to live through many harsh and tragic experiences. I feel like there aren't enough moments that I could actually laugh at, making the novel seem a bit depressing.
There were some moments of the novel that I question about. Elyse formed short-term memory loss. This didn’t affect the plotline, but did make me question the authors writing skills. The memory loss definitely damaged the tension of the plot. It seems as if the author created the memory loss to skip some unwanted scenes, but it just created some boring moments instead. I also wonder why they move to Wyoming at such a young age. In my opinion this is quite unrealistic and concerning. I would understand their situation and decision they made if the novel was placed a few hundred years ago. Based off my own experiences; I know that it’s highly unlikely for a young student to abandon their family for some kind of destined love. They literally left their parents with only the explanation of their love of each other.
I would recommend the novel for any readers wanting to explore a different perspective of a normal teen romance. Thank you for reading my book review!
Elyse Schmidt is completely transformed after tragic plane crash where she and her crush Josh Harris are the only survivors. The storyline skipped everything after the plane crashed, speeding to Elyse’s perfect world with Josh as her boyfriend. I didn’t understand why the author did this at first, but it was to show the difference between dreams and reality. Everything after proved that Elyse wasn’t such an ordinary and innocent girl. The beginning gave clues about how obsessive she can be, but I didn’t quite notice until she got her ‘perfect reality’. She loves Josh with every inch of her heart and totally is definitely obsessed with his every action. I can’t understand why the author chose to create Josh as one of the many main characters. Josh seems to be quite dull and definitely unnourished. It’s almost as if Josh was created only for Elyse to control and use.
How the author shaped the characters also felt a little odd, but did bring some sort of needed depth. After the plane crash Elyse woke up with no memory of what happened in the past and a missing eye. At first this gave me a sudden shock, but I later realized how realistic the novel has become. The characters had to live through many harsh and tragic experiences. I feel like there aren't enough moments that I could actually laugh at, making the novel seem a bit depressing.
There were some moments of the novel that I question about. Elyse formed short-term memory loss. This didn’t affect the plotline, but did make me question the authors writing skills. The memory loss definitely damaged the tension of the plot. It seems as if the author created the memory loss to skip some unwanted scenes, but it just created some boring moments instead. I also wonder why they move to Wyoming at such a young age. In my opinion this is quite unrealistic and concerning. I would understand their situation and decision they made if the novel was placed a few hundred years ago. Based off my own experiences; I know that it’s highly unlikely for a young student to abandon their family for some kind of destined love. They literally left their parents with only the explanation of their love of each other.
I would recommend the novel for any readers wanting to explore a different perspective of a normal teen romance. Thank you for reading my book review!
April 18, 2021
Wow...
After that I don’t have much to say because that ending hurt, usually during sad books I will cry and cry and cry, but right now I feel almost empty. Like when I read it I put it down, and I just couldn’t really think. My mind was blank and I’m still needing time for that ending to settle in. I was kinda thinking in the book “Will this all be a dream”, I was right I guess even though I wish I wasn’t. I wanted them to have a happy ending (even though it wasn’t that happy)
This book will make you think about death a lot. It is mentioned throughout the whole book. And in the end it shows you that life is short, and you wish in the end when you know you are close to death that you wasted it. You wished you could do all the things you didn’t do. For example Elyse loved Josh Harris and she never told him, and when she knew it was her time she wished she did. I’ve read books like this that talk about how we only have one life and we are wasting it, and it makes me want to do all the things I haven’t done yet.
“And now you are the everything, all of you, not just you and Josh Harris anymore, but everyone and there is no more sound and nothing hurts and no one is screaming and you are the trees and you are the golden leaves and you are the birds and the peaches and the music and the red truck with the keys tucked up the visor and the coyotes howl and the dog barking at the siren in the night and the White horse tossing his mane and galloping across a field of wildflowers somewhere in a state you’ve never known, where you’ll never be, that you carry in your heart, in a small suitcase: What could have been, what isn’t, what wasn’t, and what will never be.”
That last line. Is just. Wow.
I don’t have much to say about that, that could be described in writing but all i have to say is wow.
After that I don’t have much to say because that ending hurt, usually during sad books I will cry and cry and cry, but right now I feel almost empty. Like when I read it I put it down, and I just couldn’t really think. My mind was blank and I’m still needing time for that ending to settle in. I was kinda thinking in the book “Will this all be a dream”, I was right I guess even though I wish I wasn’t. I wanted them to have a happy ending (even though it wasn’t that happy)
This book will make you think about death a lot. It is mentioned throughout the whole book. And in the end it shows you that life is short, and you wish in the end when you know you are close to death that you wasted it. You wished you could do all the things you didn’t do. For example Elyse loved Josh Harris and she never told him, and when she knew it was her time she wished she did. I’ve read books like this that talk about how we only have one life and we are wasting it, and it makes me want to do all the things I haven’t done yet.
“And now you are the everything, all of you, not just you and Josh Harris anymore, but everyone and there is no more sound and nothing hurts and no one is screaming and you are the trees and you are the golden leaves and you are the birds and the peaches and the music and the red truck with the keys tucked up the visor and the coyotes howl and the dog barking at the siren in the night and the White horse tossing his mane and galloping across a field of wildflowers somewhere in a state you’ve never known, where you’ll never be, that you carry in your heart, in a small suitcase: What could have been, what isn’t, what wasn’t, and what will never be.”
That last line. Is just. Wow.
I don’t have much to say about that, that could be described in writing but all i have to say is wow.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 24, 2018
I was expecting something REALLY different! A novel in which the female main character, totally in love with a school mate finds out that there are more important things than being kissed in life; especially after she survived a plane crash. I was hoping for a teen romance while discovering who you really are... it isn't!
I felt like i was watching a movie with no sound with the button Fast-Forward pushed on constantly. I felt like everything was fast-forwarding, there were no details, no emotions, almost no dialogues!!!
The fact that it is a second person narrative is REALLY disturbing!!
"You don't want to marry with Josh Harris. You want to fall in love with him. That's different."
At first I thought i just had to get used to it, but eventually it was more and more annoying as i continued reading!
As for the plot, the major plot twist is pretty predictable, there are hints all over the book and at the beginning of part two I had already figured it out. The ending is really well-written nut it doesn't make up for the rest of the book, the author wanted to get THERE and it feels, but the journey to this ending was not as enjoyable as I thought it would be.
I received this novel (e-arc) for an honest review.
I felt like i was watching a movie with no sound with the button Fast-Forward pushed on constantly. I felt like everything was fast-forwarding, there were no details, no emotions, almost no dialogues!!!
The fact that it is a second person narrative is REALLY disturbing!!
"You don't want to marry with Josh Harris. You want to fall in love with him. That's different."
At first I thought i just had to get used to it, but eventually it was more and more annoying as i continued reading!
As for the plot, the major plot twist is pretty predictable, there are hints all over the book and at the beginning of part two I had already figured it out. The ending is really well-written nut it doesn't make up for the rest of the book, the author wanted to get THERE and it feels, but the journey to this ending was not as enjoyable as I thought it would be.
I received this novel (e-arc) for an honest review.
January 1, 2022
What the heck. This book did not make sense until you got to the end and was like OH. The end was so surprising and such a good way to end it. I think I would’ve given this book a 1 or 2 if the ending hadn’t ended the way it did. I was also gonna sell it, but now I’m keeping it.
November 22, 2018
I like some YA every now and again. This is a you don’t want to put down. And get some tissues if you are prone to that sort of thing. Wow. That’s all I will say.
November 16, 2018
Karen Rivers, the award-winner Canadian author behind The Encyclopedia of Me and The Girl in the Well is Me, returns with the potent contemporary young adult novel You Are the Everything.
You close your eyes and make a wish. You wish that something would happen before you land, something that would make this trip worthwhile, after all. A story you can tell, later, one that ends with, "And that's how me and Josh Harris got together." Ideally, that is.
The story begins with Elyse Schmidt, best friend Kath, longtime and secret crush Josh Harris, and classmates on a plane back to the Unites States from a trip to Paris. Elyse and Kath are in the midst of a tiff, and Josh takes up the empty seat next to Elyse and falls asleep, leaving Elyse to wonder...to think even more about Josh Harris (Elyse always refers to him to by his full name), to imagine a reality in which they are together in a relationship. Elyse's love of Josh and inaction to do anything about it it frustrates Kath to no end- and arguably, Elyse's intense adoration of Josh appears to border, perhaps, on the fanatical. But then, "SUDDENLY...the plane TILTS". What follows is a horrifying plane crash that ends with Elyse and Josh as the only two survivors of the accident.
As the after of the plane crash begins, readers see what Elyse's life has become. After months of hospital stay, rehabilitation, ongoing therapy, and much too much invasive tabloid interest in the two so-called miracle survivors, Elyse and her parents move to Wyoming. So has Josh Harris and his father. Now, Elyse and Josh are a couple, a boyfriend and girlfriend who enjoy things like romantic picnics in a field. As we get deeper into the after, Elyse's memory and grasps on reality waver and become increasingly frenetic: panic attacks frequently invade, lengthy snippets of conversations with her deceased best friend Kath intersperse, and questions about her and Josh's present-day lives constantly gnaw at Elyse's mind. Rivers works uncertainty, could-be's, what-is?, and plays with truth, memory and time so effectively and unnervingly, ensuring readers are- along with Elyse- kept on the very edge of the story. The use of second person point-of-view is terrifically done here; one does not often see this point of view used in YA (or much in general) and I would argue that this served perfectly to heighten the intensely disquieting, nebulous feel of Elyse's story. At times, the singularity of Elyse's all-encompassing feelings and thoughts about the oddly perfect Josh Harris feel extreme and can appear to overtake the broader narrative. However, Elyse's narration does bend and expand to Josh Harris and far beyond; moreover, given the scope of the story and the frame of the finale, everything, in the end, connects.
The thing is that there isn't a choice, there isn't always a choice, sometimes the choice is made for you...
Overall, You Are the Everything is an unconventional, sometimes romantic, sometimes harrowing novel that bends memory and time in an uncommon narrative to make for a compelling, unnerving, and ultimately gut-wrenching read. Readers who enjoy novels with murky corners and cataclysmic twists, unpredictable narratives and unreliable narrators, or the work of authors such as Nova Ren Suma, E. Lockhart, Brenna Yovanoff, or Tim Wynne-Jones might especially be keen to sink into You Are the Everything.
I received a copy of this title courtesy of Thomas Allen & Son in exchange for an honest review and for the purposes of a blog tour. All opinions and comments are my own.
November 15, 2023
Wtf did I just read
November 6, 2018
From Karen Rivers, the author who brought readers the compelling and complex novels BEFORE WE GO EXTINCT, THE GIRL IN THE WELL IS ME and LOVE, ISH into the young adult and children’s book worlds, comes a new mind-twisting story of survival in YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING.
Elyse Schmidt was on the trip of a lifetime as her high school band was selected to go to a competition in Paris. She gets to spend time in the most romantic city in the world with her best friend Kath and her crush Josh Harris. But things don’t turn out as rosy as Elyse had hoped when the weather in Paris is gloomy, she gets into a huge fight with Kath and, on the trip home, their plane crashes.
Elyse has always thought about death, drawing comics about strange ways people have died (death by taking selfies in weird spots is a leading cause) and always thinking she has some sort of strange malady, but she never expected to survive. When their plane goes down, Elyse and her crush Josh Harris are the only survivors. As the sole survivors, they are bound together on a deep level, battling the media’s attempts to make them celebrities and getting closer to each other. Together the two try to figure out how to live with the physical and emotional scars of the tragedy, and how to live without the people they lost.
YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING dives into topics of grief, loss and guilt. Elyse must cope with the guilt she feels as a survivor and her grief over losing her best friend and parts of herself. Karen Rivers does an amazing job of getting inside the mind of a teenager who is battling two sides of herself. She explores teenage familial and romantic relationships, as well as a teenager’s relationship with their self.
Told in second person point of view, Elyse is portrayed as a unique character with many quirks and flaws. Though Elyse becomes idolized by the media and by her boyfriend, Rivers still makes her flaws apparent and doesn’t try to mask her quirks by grief or romance. Many of the side characters in this novel including Josh Harris, Kath and the members of Elyse’s class are given unique voices as well. Rivers expertly uses dialogue to push the plot forward. Although stories are not often told in second person, Karen Rivers manages to do it really well, still giving readers insight into the minds of the characters and leaving them astounded with the conclusion of the story.
YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING is such a powerful tale of emotional and physical loss, as well as mental health and relationships. Readers who enjoyed GOODBYE DAYS by Jeff Zentner, WE WERE LIARS by E. Lockhart, or EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE by Katrina Leno will love the tragic and twisting tale of Elyse in YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING.
Elyse Schmidt was on the trip of a lifetime as her high school band was selected to go to a competition in Paris. She gets to spend time in the most romantic city in the world with her best friend Kath and her crush Josh Harris. But things don’t turn out as rosy as Elyse had hoped when the weather in Paris is gloomy, she gets into a huge fight with Kath and, on the trip home, their plane crashes.
Elyse has always thought about death, drawing comics about strange ways people have died (death by taking selfies in weird spots is a leading cause) and always thinking she has some sort of strange malady, but she never expected to survive. When their plane goes down, Elyse and her crush Josh Harris are the only survivors. As the sole survivors, they are bound together on a deep level, battling the media’s attempts to make them celebrities and getting closer to each other. Together the two try to figure out how to live with the physical and emotional scars of the tragedy, and how to live without the people they lost.
YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING dives into topics of grief, loss and guilt. Elyse must cope with the guilt she feels as a survivor and her grief over losing her best friend and parts of herself. Karen Rivers does an amazing job of getting inside the mind of a teenager who is battling two sides of herself. She explores teenage familial and romantic relationships, as well as a teenager’s relationship with their self.
Told in second person point of view, Elyse is portrayed as a unique character with many quirks and flaws. Though Elyse becomes idolized by the media and by her boyfriend, Rivers still makes her flaws apparent and doesn’t try to mask her quirks by grief or romance. Many of the side characters in this novel including Josh Harris, Kath and the members of Elyse’s class are given unique voices as well. Rivers expertly uses dialogue to push the plot forward. Although stories are not often told in second person, Karen Rivers manages to do it really well, still giving readers insight into the minds of the characters and leaving them astounded with the conclusion of the story.
YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING is such a powerful tale of emotional and physical loss, as well as mental health and relationships. Readers who enjoyed GOODBYE DAYS by Jeff Zentner, WE WERE LIARS by E. Lockhart, or EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE by Katrina Leno will love the tragic and twisting tale of Elyse in YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING.
November 30, 2018
(Disclaimer: I received this free book from Netgalley. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
More 3.5
You Are the Everything is an emotional almost stream of consciousness from Elyse. As she thinks about the person she wants to be, the meaning of fate, and the repercussions of events beyond our control. You spend a lot of time in Elyse's head, jumping between memories and thoughts, but on the way there, you're treated to some truly emotional thoughts. There's a raw honesty to these thoughts. To these late night, in the middle of the night confessions.
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More 3.5
You Are the Everything is an emotional almost stream of consciousness from Elyse. As she thinks about the person she wants to be, the meaning of fate, and the repercussions of events beyond our control. You spend a lot of time in Elyse's head, jumping between memories and thoughts, but on the way there, you're treated to some truly emotional thoughts. There's a raw honesty to these thoughts. To these late night, in the middle of the night confessions.
full review: https://utopia-state-of-mind.com/revi...
August 13, 2019
YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING is an intriguing stream-of-consciousness style read that follows Elyse Schmidt, a 16/17 year old girl who has a huge crush on Josh Harris, a teenage boy who also plays the flute. Elyse went on a trip to Paris with her band, which also includes her snarky BFF, Kath. Elyse has been drawing comics of how she ends up kissing Josh Harris (always his whole name to Elyse), thinking that maybe if she can visualize it enough, it can happen.
However, none of these things have happened and now she is sitting silently next to Josh Harris on the plane, because she and Kath had a fight and so Kath switched seats with him for the flight back. When the plane crashes, Elyse miraculously survives along with Josh Harris, and the book follows the what happens after.
Told in the second person point-of-view, the reader is Elyse, making the story more personal and unexpected than otherwise possible. The reader experiences her anxieties, obsessions, and panic attacks alongside her.
This book was a different and more intense read- with a surprising twist ending. I was not sure how I felt about some of the characters, but ultimately, the end brings it together in a shocking way. I would recommend for people who enjoy surprising books with thought-provoking revelations. The book raises a lot of questions about life, purpose, and decisions made as well as about romance, crushes, mental illness, and even some about racism.
Overall, this was an intriguing read that I would recommend for people who are looking for a book that places the reader in the thick of it and includes a twist at the end. Please note that I received a copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
However, none of these things have happened and now she is sitting silently next to Josh Harris on the plane, because she and Kath had a fight and so Kath switched seats with him for the flight back. When the plane crashes, Elyse miraculously survives along with Josh Harris, and the book follows the what happens after.
Told in the second person point-of-view, the reader is Elyse, making the story more personal and unexpected than otherwise possible. The reader experiences her anxieties, obsessions, and panic attacks alongside her.
This book was a different and more intense read- with a surprising twist ending. I was not sure how I felt about some of the characters, but ultimately, the end brings it together in a shocking way. I would recommend for people who enjoy surprising books with thought-provoking revelations. The book raises a lot of questions about life, purpose, and decisions made as well as about romance, crushes, mental illness, and even some about racism.
Overall, this was an intriguing read that I would recommend for people who are looking for a book that places the reader in the thick of it and includes a twist at the end. Please note that I received a copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
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August 3, 2018This is so unusual, so clever, so moving, and so powerful.
Elyse is flying home from France with the rest of her bandmates after an unsuccessful competition, but the plane crashes. The only survivors are her and her long-time crush Josh. When they return back to California and endure long periods of recovery, the two of them become a couple. Become famous. Become happy. Become the new kids at a high school in Wyoming.
Everything is perfect and glimmery and shiny, finally. Until we get to the end and
Emotionally resonant, this one will appeal to readers who want a contemporary YA that is well-written, immersive, and DIFFERENT. I'd hand this one off to
Elyse is flying home from France with the rest of her bandmates after an unsuccessful competition, but the plane crashes. The only survivors are her and her long-time crush Josh. When they return back to California and endure long periods of recovery, the two of them become a couple. Become famous. Become happy. Become the new kids at a high school in Wyoming.
Everything is perfect and glimmery and shiny, finally. Until we get to the end and
Emotionally resonant, this one will appeal to readers who want a contemporary YA that is well-written, immersive, and DIFFERENT. I'd hand this one off to
May 13, 2020
Hi , just wanted to say , that english Is not my first language, so sorry for mistakes .
This book is really bad .
If you have to read 260 pages to get to the "good" ending , it's just not worth it . This book potraits itself to be an innocent lovestory , which Its not . Instead of talking about mental trauma and grief, this book talks about "perfect Josh Harrison " .... Its annoying And bad. Nothing in this book makes sense. You can argue that that's the point ,because were in our main protagonist's head (she suffers mental breakdown , panic attacks and most importantly memory loss) ok....... But then WHY Is the book written in the second perspective ??? So instead of saying :
I'm on a plane .
It says :
You're on the plane
Why ? If were supposed to be in our protagonist's head then why does "She" talk to ous ???? Its misleading just for the sake of being misleading .
And the ending is just a punch in the face , because IT WAS JUST A DREAM !!!(or hallucination or whatever )
Spare your braincells and please don't read this book .
This book is really bad .
If you have to read 260 pages to get to the "good" ending , it's just not worth it . This book potraits itself to be an innocent lovestory , which Its not . Instead of talking about mental trauma and grief, this book talks about "perfect Josh Harrison " .... Its annoying And bad. Nothing in this book makes sense. You can argue that that's the point ,because were in our main protagonist's head (she suffers mental breakdown , panic attacks and most importantly memory loss) ok....... But then WHY Is the book written in the second perspective ??? So instead of saying :
I'm on a plane .
It says :
You're on the plane
Why ? If were supposed to be in our protagonist's head then why does "She" talk to ous ???? Its misleading just for the sake of being misleading .
And the ending is just a punch in the face , because IT WAS JUST A DREAM !!!(or hallucination or whatever )
Spare your braincells and please don't read this book .
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 3, 2021
I will start by saying, this is NOT what I expected when I picked up this book. My misunderstanding of the synopsis definitely plays a role in my choice to rate this two stars; my expectations verse the reality set me up for disappointment.
Aside from that, I found this story incredibly confusing. When I got to the end, I was scratching my head. Seriously, this felt like a fever dream.
Also, I struggled to connect with Elyse, the main character. The second-person POV was ill-fitting for the story; in my opinion, it reminded me of how disengaged and out of synch I was from Elyse.
On a more positive note, I enjoyed the writing in terms of style, there were some lines that took my breath away.
Overall, this is a ⭐️⭐️ for me.
Aside from that, I found this story incredibly confusing. When I got to the end, I was scratching my head. Seriously, this felt like a fever dream.
Also, I struggled to connect with Elyse, the main character. The second-person POV was ill-fitting for the story; in my opinion, it reminded me of how disengaged and out of synch I was from Elyse.
On a more positive note, I enjoyed the writing in terms of style, there were some lines that took my breath away.
Overall, this is a ⭐️⭐️ for me.
August 5, 2019
+ pekný obal + zaujímavá anotácia + Kath + Benedict Cumberbatch
- 2. osoba j.č. - Elyse Schmidt -Josh Harris - podivuhodný záver
Niečo si želaj- nevhodné na čítanie do lietadla 😉✈🌠
- 2. osoba j.č. - Elyse Schmidt -Josh Harris - podivuhodný záver
Niečo si želaj- nevhodné na čítanie do lietadla 😉✈🌠
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