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We'll Never Be Apart by Emiko Jean

merinereads's review against another edition

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3.0

Dieses Buch konnte meine Erwartungen leider nicht ganz erfüllen.
Ich glaube das größte Problem war, dass ich den Plottwist schon sehr früh erahnt habe und richtig lag. Auch die Story konnte mich nicht ganz mitnehmen, wobei ich nicht genau benennen kann woran es lag.
Die Geschichte war tatsächlich viel düsterer als ich es erwartet hatte, die Vergangenheit der Hauptfigur war sehr traurig und verstörend.
Was mich beim Lesen immer wieder gestört hat, ist wie leicht Alice immer wieder unerlaubt in der Klinik herumläuft, mit gestohlenen Schlüsselkarten oder Ausbruchhelfern und es merkt einfach keiner.
Vor allem das Ende fand ich gut geschrieben und umgesetzt, auch wenn es für mich wie gesagt nicht so überraschend kam.
Auch die Handlung liest sich fließend und man kann das Buch schön an einem Stück weglesen.

tcgarback's review

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No hard feelings. It’s a super predictable and slow-paced book, but if I were in a better mood for the story and not too sick right now to lock in, I might have enjoyed it. I should just get back to reading the Uglies series.

melissafresch's review

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5.0

This was a GOOD one! Kept me reading & guessing till the very end!!! 😳🥺. Locked in a mental ward, one sister can’t stop thinking about the fire that killed her boyfriend & about the fact that her jealous sister set the fire! 🔥. But nothing is what it seems and no one will leave the same! Such a great read!!! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
#wellneverbeapart #emikojean #aliceandcellie #greatread #readallthebooks #youngadultfiction

emleemay's review

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2.0

[b:We'll Never Be Apart|22010129|We'll Never Be Apart|Emiko Jean|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1427815470s/22010129.jpg|41322754] is a psychological thriller that relies heavily on the reveal/climax that you can feel coming for the entire book.

I'm not usually a fan of mystery/thrillers that don't deliver more substance in the build and hang everything on the answers, but with this book I think there's an even bigger problem: it's just not that original or shocking.

I can predict that your enjoyment of this book depends on whether the ending is a surprise for you. Having read several mystery/thrillers, both YA and adult, I guessed the outcome when I read the very first chapter. Some of these kind of books have characters and a clever psychological exploration that is strong enough to survive a reader who figures it out, but [b:We'll Never Be Apart|22010129|We'll Never Be Apart|Emiko Jean|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1427815470s/22010129.jpg|41322754] is not one of those books.

After a prologue in which Alice and Jason are in a fire set by Alice's twin sister - Cellie - the story moves to a mental hospital where Alice is being held. Everyone seems to think she set the fire that killed Jason, but Alice knows it was Cellie. She also knows that Cellie is being held in D Block and that it's only a matter of time before she comes to finish Alice off.

If you've read this kind of book before, you might have already guessed it from that small blurb. If you've read books like [b:Vanishing Girls|22465597|Vanishing Girls|Lauren Oliver|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1414618400s/22465597.jpg|41903598] or [b:Twisted Fate|22171558|Twisted Fate|Norah Olson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1409875356s/22171558.jpg|41484678], there's really no point in reading this.

On top of this, the characters are nowhere near developed or interesting enough to be memorable. The psychological aspect is superficial and left relatively unexplored. And how Alice and her new friend Chase managed to sneak around a mental hospital so much is a complete mystery to me. Do they not have any security measures?

This book tries to build a story around a twist that many of us have seen before. The author should have invested more time into creating strong characters and backstory, instead of hoping the climax would be shocking enough to make us forget the rest.

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sierrarollins12's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

ancaioanat's review against another edition

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4.0

Cred că lumea-i împărțită în două categorii: una care citește review-uri, păreri, idei, opinii înainte de a citi o carte și alta care citește toate cele enumerate după ce citește o carte. Eu fac parte din cea de-a doua categorie. După ce termin o carte îmi place foarte mult (în limita timpului disponibil) să citesc părerile lăsate de alții pe Goodreads. Nu judecați - fiecare cu normalitatea lui

sablondell's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

stuckinafictionaluniverse's review

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3.0

3.5 stars
I've read quite a few psychological thrillers, and if you've read more than two I bet you can guess the climax to this. I did, but I still enjoyed it! The atmosphere was good and it was very addicting. If I'd read it an another time my rating would be lower, but this was a quick exciting book that got me in the reading mood, so props for that.

marieintheraw's review

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4.0

Despite guessing a few major plot points early on, I enjoyed this book. The pace was casual and addicting. I kept finding myself eager to continue on. My major issues lied with there being plot points that didn't make sense after I finished the book. I enjoyed the side characters and wish we had more time with them especially Chase. I'd have liked less about Jason overall. As a debut novel, I'm looking forward to future works by this author.

I received an e-copy of this through Net-Galley for an honest review.

ambeesbookishpages's review

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4.0

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We'll Never Be Apart is such a me book. I love psychological thrillers and We'll Never Be Apart didn't let me down. Besides the fact I predicted the outcome of the book in the first few pages, I was still shocked about how everything was executed.

Alice and Cellie have been in and out of mental hospitals, foster homes, and halfway houses most of their lives. There was always one constant though: Jason. Jason helped Alice escape Savage Isle before, and they hid away in a barn. When that barn caught on fire and Jason died, Alice was sent back to the very place she was trying to escape. Convinced the the fire and Jason's death is all her twin sister Cellie's fault Alice starts to plot her revenge. With the help of Chase, a boy who is said to be committed for murder Alice learns the real horrifying truth about her past.

Now, as I said before I predicted this book from the very start. So as I read I was shaking my head at Alice's foolishness in some aspects. But overall I did like her as a character. At first she is very reluctant in her treatment, she is hurt (both physically and emotionally) and mourning the death of Jason. The boy she was in love with. As the story goes one the reader sees Alice begin to realize that her memory isn't all the reliable and not everything was as black and white as it seemed. What if Jason was just as bad as Cellie? As Alice answers these questions she grows as a character, and begins to accept the help that she needs.

The romance is where I took a star off. I liked Chase's character, and I feel for his backstory. No one should have to go through what he did. But, I felt the romance was a little rushed. Maybe I missed something, but Alice wasn't in Savage Isle all that long before the "butterflies" and other things started along with her attraction to him. Especially since she was so in love with Jason, who just died. Alice moved on kind of fast. But that could also go back to the things she learned.

Overall I enjoyed We'll Never Be Apart. It was a head trip and though I caught on to what was happening pretty early on it still shocked me. Especially the epilogue! I probably looked liked a fish out of water trying to comprehend what happened.