Name: Someone Like You (reissue)
Rating: 3.801047120418848 (191 reviews)
ISBN: 9780142401774

Sarah Dessen

Someone Like You (reissue)

Sarah Campbell

I looked across the bed, past Scarletts tired, shiny face as my mother leaned close to her ear, whispering words I couldn't hear. But I knew what they were, what they had to be: the same ones I'd heard after all those bad dreams, all those skateboard and roller-skating accidents, all the times the little fiendettes chased me home on pink bicycles. I watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from her entirely. No matter how strong or weak I was, she was a part of me, as crucial as my own heart. I would never be strong enough, in all my life, to do without her.

I always enjoy Sarah Dessen novels, because while a ton plot-wise doesn't happen, it is very realistic and based on relationships and realities. 

I can always see these scenarios actually happening, and I like how there aren't always picture-perfect happy conclusions; most of the endings aren't "endings" at all, but the beginning of something else.

It was a relaxing read that I genuinely enjoyed.

I always enjoy Sarah Dessen novels, because while a ton plot-wise doesn't happen, it is very realistic and based on relationships and realities. 

I can always see these scenarios actually happening, and I like how there aren't always picture-perfect happy conclusions; most of the endings aren't "endings" at all, but the beginning of something else.

And I appreciate that.

It was a relaxing read that I genuinely enjoyed.

Jeannette Ordas

Being 16 is tough. Halley and Scarlett are dealing with first loves, first sexual relationships, first pregnancy. A good solid book, but not beloved.

Sarah Dessen teaches me a life lesson once again, and that's why I lover her so much. With her cliched and girly teens, she still get's important messages through to a thousand people struggling out there. 

Summary:  Halley has always followed in the wake of her best friend, Scarlett. But when Scarlett learns that her boyfriend has been killed in a motorcycle accident, and that she's carrying his baby, she's devastated. For the first time ever, Scarlett really needs Halley. Their friendship may bend under the weight, but it'll never break--because a true friendship is a promise you keep forever.

First, the best friend concept inspired me. I'm the type of girl with a hundred different friends. Reading this made me ache and long to actually have on real friend to keep for the rest of my life. I realized how much I've missed without having that one best friend. 

“Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.”

I loved Scarlett's character, the way she learned to deal with the hate she was getting from school, her personal heart break, nine months of pregnancy, and how she took Cameron (UGHHHH I WISH I HEARD MORE ABOUT HIM!) under her wing and how she worked hard to get her life back on track.

What I really hated was Halley. She let her life fall apart. I would give anything to have that kind of relationship with my own mother, but Halley threw it all away for apparently no important reason. She went out with a bad boy (who is shallow and stereotype. Meh) and eventually got used to the night life. She made all the wrong choices and I wanted to reach in through the book and just slap some sense into her. 

Im glad how it all turned out straight in the end. Standard Sarah Dessen, but still very heart tugging and nice to read.

Someone Like You

Jimena Vázquez Oliver

** spoiler alert **
           I expected some slight differences as my first sort of experience with this book as the movie “How to Deal” (which combines this book with the precious “That Summer”), so while I’m sad Macon wasn’t all I wanted/dreamed him to be, I’m glad this didn’t end with Halley forgiving him for being a super-shitty person and them ending up together. It’s nice to see endings where the girl doesn’t end up with the boy because she realizes she deserves better.

Megan Leprich

Not the best book I've read by Sarah Dessen. And I must confess I did see the movie long before I realized it was based off one of her novels. Don't get me wrong, it was an emotional book that touches one a subject that is all too common in todays society but I just wasn't a huge fan.

Someone Like You (reissue)

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