Name: Every You, Every Me
Rating: 3.166666666666667 (30 reviews)
ISBN: 9780375854514

David Levithan

Jonathan Farmer

Every You, Every Me

Evan is haunted by the loss of his best friend, but when mysterious photographs start appearing, he begins to fall apart as he starts to wonder if she has returned, seeking vengeance. Incorporates strike-through text and other design elements.

Jess

Read this review on my blog! --&gt; <a href="http://www.gonewiththewords.com/2011/09/review-every-you-every-me-by-david.html" rel="nofollow noopener">Every You, Every Me by David Levithan</a> Every You, Every Me...how to review you without spoiling anything... I was surprised with what this book was really about. Not that it wasn’t about what is explained in the synopsis, but the other aspect of the story, Ariel herself. It was a good surprise, or not good, but rather I wasn’t expecting it and I liked the book more for it. I was excited about the idea of it being a photographic novel. A mystery needing to be solved and the photos being the clues. The photos were truly creepy sometimes! I was not expecting it to be so emotional for me. I guess it comes from the fact that I know a girl like Ariel. And I know how it’s sometimes hard not see when someone needs help until it’s almost too late. Then questioning whether you did the right thing for this person, followed by anger at all the things they put you through, non-stop worry over one day being too late to help. Yeah. It touched home with me. I feel like I’d give too much away by really going into detail with this story, so just know that it’s dark, and emotional, and really good. I will put this book in the same important category as <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1217100.Thirteen_Reasons_Why" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher</a>, because I feel people can take away something important from it.

Annika Arguemore

As we all know, this book was a collaboration. It said in the acknowledgements that this book was created spontaneously. The photographer, not knowing the story line, just gave photographs to the author at random. That's one part of it that awes me. David Levithan is truly an amazing writer. You could throw anything his way and he'll make something beautiful out of it. I just love his work.

This novel would seem a little bit messy if you're not used to the way it was written. It was sort of like prose and poetry combined. At some parts, there were flashbacks that were playing while the scene was playing and it gets pretty confusing. It was pretty hard to understand at first, but once you get the hang of it it gets pretty easy to read.

I can't fathom how intriguing, bone-chilling and eerie this book was even though it didn't have fancy made-up monsters or ghosts or anything like that. It was completely terrifying, but in a grounded sort of way which is one of the things that makes it amazing. I hope you find this out for yourself as well.

Emelie

Only reason i finished was because i Didnt wanted to dnf another book!

Amanda Kordeliski

Readers will either love this book or hate it, there are no luke warm reactions. It takes a while to get used to the strike-through text that appears frequently in the book. Ultimately this was a book I found myself thinking about and hurrying through my errands so I could get back to reading it. Not a book for everyone, but those who like angsty teen novels with a touch of mystery will love it.

Jamie Mitchell

David Levithan is my favorite author. David Levithan also happens to be a very inconsistent author. Sometimes he writes things, and they're absolutely beautiful from start to finish and leave me looking at the world in a completely new light (Lover's Dictionary, Every Day, Nick and Norah). Sometimes he writes and he doesn't quite make the mark, but still even in those works I always find something beautiful.

I started this novel about three hours ago, and within thirty pages felt it would be listed with the latter. 

By page fifty I had completely changed my mind.

I started this novel three hours ago and have not been able to put it down since, except for a short ten minute water and food break and during that time I was constantly thinking about it and in my head still in the novel. 

Every You, Every Me is hauntingly beautiful, wonderfully written, and while it's not going to dethrone Lover's Dictionary or Dash and Lily as my favorite Levithan, it's definitely nearing the top of the list.

Amy Grieve

This was a well-written book with an interesting plot line but it just didn't invoke any particularly strong emotion. I'm pretty neutral about the whole thing.

A picture is worth a thousand lies in this psychological thriller by bestselling author David Levithan (Every Day; Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green). In this high school-set psychological tale, a tormented teen named Evan starts to discover a series of unnerving photographs—some of which feature him. Someone is stalking him . . . messing with him . . . threatening him. Worse, ever since his best friend Ariel has been gone, he's been unable to sleep, spending night after night torturing himself for his role in her absence. And as crazy as it sounds, Evan's starting to believe it's Ariel that's behind all of this, punishing him. But the more Evan starts to unravel the mystery, the more his paranoia and insomnia amplify, and the more he starts to unravel himself. Creatively told with black-and-white photos interspersed between the text so the reader can see the photos that are so unnerving to Evan, Every You, Every Me is a one-of-a-kind departure from a one-of-a-kind author.

Kath Lau

I keep reading because I’m eager to know what will happen in the end and I tried to finish it in one sitting but I wasn’t able to. So I spent another day to find out where the story will take me.

Evan is on his way home from school when he found an envelope on the ground that has a photo inside. He started getting more photographs where some of which he is in and most are of his best friend Ariel. He starts to think that it’s Ariel who’s doing it in order to punish him. He then asked Jack, who is also their friend, for help. As they unravel the mystery behind the photographs, Evan discovers himself more deeper.

What i love about David Levithan’s way of writing is his talent to create an uniquely incredible concepts and interesting characters that can bring out all the the reader’s emotions. I like his writing style, especially in this novel where some lines are crossed out using strikethroughs when Evan is talking to Ariel in his head or when he’s talking to himself. I can somehow relate because I also do like that in some of my blog posts.

Evan is struggling with the loss of his best friend Ariel and he feels that he’s responsible for it. He is more than depressed and hopeless without her. We didn’t get to know more about Ariel and what exactly happened to her except she’s not with them anymore.

This novel is told with words and photos which made the story more intriguing and msyterious. I’ve read in the acknowledgements that Jonathan Farmer provided the photos randomly to David Levithan who continued on writing about it. Neither of the two know what the other was doing. This novel shows how brilliant their collaboration is.

This is one of my favorites from this author though I didn’t give a five-star rating. I felt that maybe the story could be a little longer or maybe a good twist can be added on it. But all in all, this novel is haunting and it gave me goosebumps while reading. Not to mention the photos are somehow creepy. I would still recommend this book.

Ana Ignat

wow... this was amazing. review coming soon

Tina Ak

I didn’t like Levithan’s writing in Will Grayson, Will Grayson so I don’t really know why I bought this book, but I’m glad I did .
The crossed out parts truly captured how we censor our thoughts while talking to other people , and how we sometimes try to change our our mind and make ourselves believe that those thoughts aren’t real.
Yes , the main charachter had a lot of sadness and angst but that was what made his thoughts interesting for me to read.
I also connected with it on a personal level , I usually struggle to choose how far I should go when I see someone in pain and Levithan really captured the struggle .
I’m not going to call this book a masterpiece or call myself a Levithan fan after reading this book but it was a unique experience that I enjoyed very much .

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