Review: Everything, Everything, by Nicola Yoon

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Published by RHCP ISBN: 9781448197088
on September 3rd 2015
Genres: Young Adult, Love & Romance, Family
Pages: 320
My rating:
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Synopsis

Madeline Whittier is allergic to the outside world. So allergic, in fact, that she has never left the house in all of her seventeen years. But when Olly moves in next door, and wants to talk to Maddie, tiny holes start to appear in the protective bubble her mother has built around her. Olly writes his IM address on a piece of paper, shows it at her window, and suddenly, a door opens. But does Maddie dare to step outside her comfort zone?
Everything, Everything is about the thrill and heartbreak that happens when we break out of our shell to do crazy, sometimes death-defying things for love.

Everything, Everything in one word: Amazing

In one sentence: You must read it.

I had a lot of doubts about this one, but also, very high expectations due to all the hype, which I soon found out was well-deserved.

Maddy was a good narrator in whose head I had no problem being in. But for starters, what painted a Cheshire smile on this bookworm’s face was the balance between exposition and action at the beginning. It was a good beginning.

IT WAS A HELL OF A GOOD STORY!

Alright, moving on.

 

 

A heart-warming story with a brilliant pace

The arc is pretty clear since things have gone a certain way for a long time, until Olly comes and sets in motion a whole series of events. I don’t want to spoil the story for you, but I will admit that the better things got, the more scared I got. I was so terrified that sooner or later things would end up going south.

I started tweeting with Aila, and she helped get through this to finish it.

Meanwhile, I tried to enjoy it as much as I could. Because you know… Romance+Sick love interest=Heartbreak?  God, how I hate that formula. Anyway.

The short chapters and additional things like notes, receipts, etc, worked together so perfectly I doubt the story would’ve been the same without any of these elements.

 

At first, I couldn’t pinpoint the themes at play here, but soon I noticed one very interesting one -for me, at least-. Parental overprotectiveness. It was easy to overlook at first, because of Maddy’s sickness and all, it was understandable. But it became more and more clear that this went beyond that.

Olly was a huge sweetheart. I liked that one hobby of his was parkour. I don’t know crap about parkour, but I know it’s awesome. I also know that he doesn’t draw, or play the guitar, or is a overall geek. Refreshing.

 

Not that I begrudge my life in books. All I know about the world I’ve learned from them. But a description of a tree is not a tree, and a thousand paper kisses will never equal the feel of Olly’s lips against mine.

:3

I died a little there.

Being super quotable is another huge bonus.

And also the fact that the ending may be even more perfect than the beginning. As a writer, I’ve read a million times how in one way or anoter, to make a story be more resonant, the beginning and ending should relate in some way. This was done perfectly here. I loved it. I loved it. I loved it. I loved it.

 

I’m torn between apologizing for just gushing and gushing and being all #sorrynotsorry because I just loved it that much!

 

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