Sarah Dessen

Quiet Halley and popular Scarlett have been friends for years, balancing each other perfectly - until the summer of their 16th birthdays. Scarlett's boyfriend is killed in a motorbike accident, just before she discovers she is carrying his baby. Now, for the first time, Scarlett really needs Halley at the same time as Halley needs her. Halley is caught up in the spell of first love, and the pressure to lose her virginity...Each with their own problems, can this friendship survive the strain of support that both Halley and Scarlett expect from each other?

Someone Like You

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.

Annalissa Powner 

im not a huge Sarah Dessen fan but Someone Like You has got to be one of my favorite books. Great story about friendship and rising up and finding yourself.

Raven K

this was actually so amazing oml. I liked most of the characters and the plot I enjoyed thoroughly. I loved how close Scarlett & Halley were. It made my heart so happy seeing how close they were and how they were always there for each other. I also liked how it wasn't about just the romance and it focused on other aspects also. I feel like this is a story I'd definitely remember 💜.

celene

first romance novel that made me realized im a romance bish?!

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.

Izza

Made me bawls my eyes out at work...priceless

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.

Somya Verma

Someone like you by Sarah Dessen is the classic type of book that fills you with confusion. The entire book draws the reader in with happiness but also anger. This book is definitely meant only for a teen audience because of the occurring events and how a, at first simple girl gets involved with the wrong crowd but then suddenly she gets her life back. Overall I enjoyed the book though it left me with some unanswered questions

anderson elizabeth

Okay so this is part one of my Sarah Dessen marathon where I am trying to read all of her books in publication order through Along for the Ride by April 22nd. This was a really interesting book for me because it took until the main character said that she had been 6 in 1986 for me to remember that this book takes place in the 90s. So since it was published in the late nineties there are definitely some lines from it that did not age well. 

Overall this was a fun reading experience. I did it in one day over the course of I think for settings. This book is very violently brought me back to when I was 15 / 16 years old. I didn't go through all the same things as the main character but I was in fact dating someone that both of my parents absolutely hated and I probably should not have dated as well as going through my favorite grandparent also suffering from dementia and all the stuff that comes along with that. So in that aspect to this part of the book was the same comforting hug feeling that I get when I read it any Sarah Dessen book. 

I saw a couple of reviews that were talking about how it feels like the main character in this book isn't the main character in the actual story and I do kind of agree. The main character feels like she's just passively living through her existence a lot of times but personally that's relatable content for me so I don't mind it. I things that is interesting to see a character where a lot of the action is happening to people around them. 

Also !!! I would like to say that Sarah Dessen is the queen of writing gaslight gatekeep girlboss moms.

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

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