Name: We Are Okay
Rating: 3.988541666666667 (480 reviews)
ISBN: 9781432882433

Nina LaCour

We Are Okay

Marin hasn’t spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks. Not even her best friend Mabel. But even thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York, Marin still feels the pull of the life and tragedy she’s tried to outrun. Now, months later, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break, Marin waits. Mabel is coming to visit and Marin will be forced to face everything that’s been left unsaid and finally confront the loneliness that has made a home in her heart.

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We are Okay

Jill

This isn’t really a three-star rating, it’s more like a 3.5. I can’t even begin to describe it. Okay, maybe I’ll begin by saying that this got to me. Not Marin’s story because I don’t relate to it but rather the loneliness, the desperation, the ghosts. Especially the ghosts. A lot of complaint I’ve been reading was about how boring this was and I’m sorry that you feel that way but depression is not exactly rainbows and unicorns, you know? Granted that I have issues here and there like not being able to encapsulate depression or mental illness for everything they are but it still gave a pretty good depiction of them, IMO. <br /><br />The book is very character-driven, BTW so I totally understand that not everyone will like it. There were times when Marin seemed overdramatic and over-the-top but I didn’t mind. She was a likable enough character.<br /><br />Gosh, this book is so raw I shed a few tears which I don’t normally do for a book. I’m glad I read this during a point where sadness isn’t in the picture otherwise, I would be consumed. 

- just one of the many examples of nina lacour breaking youthful hearts

- scrumptious passages about heartbreak and grief and guilt and longing for the life you lost as you look out at the coastline and the waves of the beach you shared with the people you love

- one of the best young adult books i've ever read. also brings such important concepts and emotions to light for young readers

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- GODDDDDDDD

- just one of the many examples of nina lacour breaking youthful hearts

- scrumptious passages about heartbreak and grief and guilt and longing for the life you lost as you look out at the coastline and the waves of the beach you shared with the people you love

- one of the best young adult books i've ever read. also brings such important concepts and emotions to light for young readers

the first time i read this i was 16 and had never experienced real heartbreak, though i didn't know it at the time. i'm 20 now and i understand it all a lot more. as marin says, it's better if it's complicated. 

rory

DNF at 37 minutes. Could have been the audiobook but this is so incredibly boring

Jasper

I think it's my first time to encounter this kind of story. Well, on how was the story laid out.

What I really loved about the book was the setting. I loved the fact that the story mostly happened in an deserted (?) dorm building all alone with a snow storm. I don't know about you but I got some Murakami vibes from here. I loved the loneliness and solitude that was being shown by the protagonist. This was a heart wrenching and emotional read about loss, betrayal, family and human connection. 10/10 would recommend.

P.S the cover was so gorgeous.

Nina Verhaaff 

First, this book was OK the fact that the author and I sharing names is also very funny.
Marin lives in a dorm room she's in college in New York and she's facing the loneliness that she has when she's in her dorm room there's no one around no one to visit her and she's pretty alone except for her roommate. Eventually, her friends from home come to visit, and then she needs to face the hard thing that she is pretty alone. 

Spoilers from here

Back that she left with her grandpa it's cute until she figures out it's not really her grandpa or something that's what I got from the story. The whole description that is given in the beginning on the dust jacket of the book that story only begins in the ending of the book that she leaves with only her wallet, a phone that stuff. I don't know if I would read it again it was a quick read because the book is very tiny and thin but the story itself followed grief but for me, I wasn't so interested in the story so I don't know if I will read it again so I'm giving it 2 1/2 stars.

Melissa Palmer

Book #37 Read in 2017
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

Marin is spending Christmas break at the dorm. She is trying to avoid going home at all costs. Her best friend, Mabel, comes to visit and try to convince Marin to come back home with her. But Mabel does not know the whole story of why Marin left and Marin is reluctant to tell her. Will she? Will doing so help her to begin to heal? This was a decent quick read and the characters were interesting but the plot, to me, was not fully developed. I received this book from Amazon Vine in exchange for a honest review.

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