A review by heykellyjensen
You Are Not Here by Samantha Schutz
3.0
I think this is one of the few novels in verse that the verse format actually works for the story quite well.
A story about grief and loss, and it felt real and authentic. Annaleah wasn't as strong a character -- I'm not talking grief here, I mean in development, period -- as I'd have preferred. I wanted a little more out of here for me to buy into her passion for the loss, especially since Brian seemed to treat her like dirt (and she knew it, too). Was she weak before him? Is she usually clingy? Those are the kinds of things that could have ratcheted her up just a tad for me as a reader.
A story about grief and loss, and it felt real and authentic. Annaleah wasn't as strong a character -- I'm not talking grief here, I mean in development, period -- as I'd have preferred. I wanted a little more out of here for me to buy into her passion for the loss, especially since Brian seemed to treat her like dirt (and she knew it, too). Was she weak before him? Is she usually clingy? Those are the kinds of things that could have ratcheted her up just a tad for me as a reader.