A review by readingrobyn
Get Well Soon, by Julie Halpern
4.0
Let me begin by saying when I'm in the young adult section of any book loaning establishment I am very much the type of reader who judges a book by it's cover and perhaps because of this there are only so many times I can pass by a book on the shelf before I have to stop and actually read it. This was one of the first reasons why despite some hesitation I added this book to my reading list for the year.
Get Well Soon was one of those books I was a little worried about reading, despite its humours outside it had the potential to be personally depressing. When picking up books about the serious emotional issues of being a teenager I always put on my caution lights, I have been fooled before into reading books that I believed would deal with these issues in a humorous manner only to read 300 pages of hopeless angst that in the end do more harm then good for my own emotional standings.
Now that I have finally read the book I am happy to report that it was not one of those stories. Julie Halpern tells Anna Bloom's story in a manner that I could not only connect with but walk away from smiling. The characters were interesting, the perspective was amazingly written and the story flowed in a way that kept me reading well into the night.
In the end I have to say I have never been so pleased with my cover judging ways. :)
Get Well Soon was one of those books I was a little worried about reading, despite its humours outside it had the potential to be personally depressing. When picking up books about the serious emotional issues of being a teenager I always put on my caution lights, I have been fooled before into reading books that I believed would deal with these issues in a humorous manner only to read 300 pages of hopeless angst that in the end do more harm then good for my own emotional standings.
Now that I have finally read the book I am happy to report that it was not one of those stories. Julie Halpern tells Anna Bloom's story in a manner that I could not only connect with but walk away from smiling. The characters were interesting, the perspective was amazingly written and the story flowed in a way that kept me reading well into the night.
In the end I have to say I have never been so pleased with my cover judging ways. :)