Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Publication date: September 2015
Source: e-book from the library
For: Recommended by ?
Summary (from goodreads):
My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.My Thoughts:
But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.
Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.
Thank you for a great recommendation, whoever it was that recommended this (oh, my poor memory)! I really enjoyed this book. Not only do we have a unique character with very unique circumstances, but she's interesting too! I loved all the things she says, does, and experiences from her Rapunzel-like tower. I kind of figured this would be predictable. But I was quite surprised by the twists and turns that it took. Definitely one that kept my attention and intrigued me from beginning to end.
Read-alikes:
I really can't think of anything!
BOOK CONTENT RATINGS:
s-factor: !@
I don't remember, but I imagine there was a bit of cussing
mrg-factor: X
there was a bit of implied stuff
v-factor: none
Overall rating: *****
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I've been hearing good things about this one too. I need to get my hands on it!
ReplyDeleteYep! Recommended!
DeleteI seem to remember enjoying this one too! But my memory is pretty bad these days too...
ReplyDeleteI think maybe you are the one I got the recommend from? Eh, who knows!
DeleteI didn't love this one, but that was mostly because the ending felt like such a cop-out. Glad you liked it, though. You're definitely in the majority.
ReplyDeleteI can see the cop-out feeling, but I still liked it. Meh, maybe I'm not picky enough :)
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