A review by midnightmarauder
Everything I Never Told You, by Celeste Ng

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book was a real page-turner for me. It was so hard to put it down! Every time I tried, I just kept picking it up and telling myself, "just one more chapter." 

I liked how it explored each character's relationship with the protagonist and what lead up to her death. Though, there were a couple things that I didn't like:
SpoilerLouisa's ending. The book wrote Louisa and James' affair ending as, "James never spoke to Louisa again." That didn't make sense to me, as she was his teaching assistant. Did he just go back to work after the summer ended and give her the cold shoulder the entire time until she got the hint and quit? Or did she get the hint before the summer was over and resign? Their affair was covered quite a bit in the book, so I found it strange that the author didn't give her a better ending. Another thing I didn't like was Jack's ending. The author made it clear that he had feelings for Nathan all this time, but never touched on them. Did he ever tell Nathan how he felt? Did he ever come out to anyone else? That was also never specified. After him and Nathan's fight, he's never mentioned again. I didn't like that.


Otherwise, the book was a great read. Celeste Ng really told this story well, even if the end was a bit lazy. 

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