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sighhhhhh's review against another edition
4.0
Read this a year or so ago and it still has such a place in my heart
sophrolijkbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Luisterboek, 4,5 ster afgerond naar boven.
Ik vond dit echt een prachtig en soms ook confronterend verhaal. Aan het eind heb ik ook zitten janken als een baby bij een bepaalde interactie tussen Jessie en haar moeder.
Het gaat over rouw, mindset, depressie, ziekte. Veel zware onderwerpen maar toch zitten er ook luchtige momenten tussen. Jessie is nog niet zo oud natuurlijk, net 18, maar daardoor maakte soms keuzes die ik niet zou hebben gekozen. Het was wel begrijpelijk door haar leeftijd.
Het heden en het verleden worden in de hoofdstukken met elkaar afgewisseld wat ik heel mooi vond.
Ik vond dit echt een prachtig en soms ook confronterend verhaal. Aan het eind heb ik ook zitten janken als een baby bij een bepaalde interactie tussen Jessie en haar moeder.
Het gaat over rouw, mindset, depressie, ziekte. Veel zware onderwerpen maar toch zitten er ook luchtige momenten tussen. Jessie is nog niet zo oud natuurlijk, net 18, maar daardoor maakte soms keuzes die ik niet zou hebben gekozen. Het was wel begrijpelijk door haar leeftijd.
Het heden en het verleden worden in de hoofdstukken met elkaar afgewisseld wat ik heel mooi vond.
lilscap's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Love love loved this novel! Great pace, great characters, interesting plot.
paigelily's review against another edition
4.0
This was very much *chefs kiss excellence*, I think it handled some difficult topics very kindly and with a lot of compassion and grace for the characters. It basically gave me everything I wanted in a book, I loved the way it peeled back the story layer by layer and my jaw did drop multiple times with how juicy the best friend brother romance and the drama that came with it was.10/10 highly recommend. However, I do think having sex at a wake was a bit foul of them ngl.
aericac_w's review against another edition
2.0
DNF…I really tried but this book is so slow and boring
morganboyd's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. This was heart-breaking. I am devastated. Where do I go from here?
audreykayy's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I loved this book. I cried through a good 42% of it, so if you’re looking for something lighthearted and funny, this probably isn’t your pick at the moment.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Grief
Minor: Racism
brycerocksmysocks's review against another edition
4.0
convinced she copied and pasted jenny han's book and just changed a few words
when ur teacher tells u to put it in ur own words:
- it's not junior mint but he got her a stuffed polar bear in a carnival
- it's not "the summer i turned pretty" but "one day you were just different to me"
- it's not conrad and jeremiah but she has to choose between two brothers
- it's not susannah but she tells her mother she wishes she was her mother instead
- when the mom makes jokes about how she's sick and dying because "at some point it's okay to laugh about it"
guys i have more. mandela effect is convincing me that this line "most days i wasn't sure whom i loved more: mel or her sons. i was a little bit in love with each of them was in tsitp. i could write a comparison essay on these two books (it be short. cuz theres no comparison)
when ur teacher tells u to put it in ur own words:
- it's not junior mint but he got her a stuffed polar bear in a carnival
- it's not "the summer i turned pretty" but "one day you were just different to me"
- it's not conrad and jeremiah but she has to choose between two brothers
- it's not susannah but she tells her mother she wishes she was her mother instead
- when the mom makes jokes about how she's sick and dying because "at some point it's okay to laugh about it"
guys i have more. mandela effect is convincing me that this line "most days i wasn't sure whom i loved more: mel or her sons. i was a little bit in love with each of them was in tsitp. i could write a comparison essay on these two books (it be short. cuz theres no comparison)
_reedmylife_'s review against another edition
4.0
Damn, the marketing on Some Other Now was spot on! This book is truly a YA version of This Is Us and it broke me. Not only does it have one of my favorite tropes, found family, this book was truly beautiful and heartbreaking to read.
Sarah Everett is able to immediately capture your attention and allow you to grieve with this family as they have to guide themselves through a terrible medical diagnosis, death, love, friendship, mental illness, and learning how to rebuild after their world collapses. If you have been missing that feeling that This is Us gave you in every episode, this book will fill that hole in your heart. Just make sure you have some tissues nearby.
Sarah Everett is able to immediately capture your attention and allow you to grieve with this family as they have to guide themselves through a terrible medical diagnosis, death, love, friendship, mental illness, and learning how to rebuild after their world collapses. If you have been missing that feeling that This is Us gave you in every episode, this book will fill that hole in your heart. Just make sure you have some tissues nearby.