Reviews
Only reason i finished was because i Didnt wanted to dnf another book!
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.
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.
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.
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.
wow... this was amazing. review coming soon
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 .
