New York Times Bestseller Northern California Book Award Shortlist Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist NCIBA Golden Poppy Award Winner Cybils Young Adult Fiction Award Winner Georgia Peach Book Award Winner Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Teens' Top Ten Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) Teen Reads Top Ten South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling.Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off.Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. Yet Sam knows she'd be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist.Caroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. Slowly, she begins to feel more "normal" than she ever has as part of the popular crowd . . . until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear.
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Every Last Word
New York Times Bestseller Northern California Book Award Shortlist Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist NCIBA Golden Poppy Award Winner Cybils Young Adult Fiction Award Winner Georgia Peach Book Award Winner Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Teens' Top Ten Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) Teen Reads Top Ten South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling.Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off.Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. Yet Sam knows she'd be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist.Caroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. Slowly, she begins to feel more "normal" than she ever has as part of the popular crowd . . . until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear.
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Stone really knows how to write a character that you can connect to. Sam's journey is really inspiring even for thoes without OCD; she isn't clichéd or unrealistic. I really enjoyed this book, though I feel the plot wasn't that deep. Once she finds out about Poet's Corner there isn't much else (plot-wise), though her interactions with the other loveable characters and the insane twist near the end really makes up for it. I would 100% recommend this book as a nice, emotional read.
I expected this story to be heavy, but it fact it was the opposite of it. I don't know what to feel right now that I've finished this book. I kind of wish that the author explored about Samantha's OCD a bit more. Everything felt superficial and predictable. The other characters were not memorable, it's like they were just there for decoration and have no personalities. Samantha and AJ's relationship looked rush, it's like their romance were stapled into the story, it didn't feel natural at all. I think I would've liked this if I were still 14 years old, but unfortunately I am not. There was nothing is this book that I've felt giddy, in awe, sad, etc.
Normally books dont catch me on the first page, but this one surely did. Read the whole thing in 3 days and became absolutely obsessed with the story. I wouldnt say theres a single page thats unnecassary and I was on my toes the whole time. I could really relate to some of the things Sam described, which made the book even more emotional.
Nach außen hin ist Samantha McAllister perfekt – beliebt, stilbewusst, immer an der Seite der angesagtesten 4 Mädchen der Schule, die sie seit dem Kindergarten kennt. Doch niemand ahnt, dass sie mit unerbittlichen Zwangsgedanken und Panikattacken kämpft. Jeder Schritt, jedes Wort könnte alles ruinieren und die Fassade einreißen. Doch dann trifft sie Caroline – unkonventionell, witzig, anders. Schon bald zeigt sie ihr ihren geheimen Lieblingsort - den »Poet’s Corner«, einen versteckten Raum voller vermeintlich Unscheinbarer und Worte, die endlich ehrlich sind. Und Sam zeigt ihnen und sich selbst .. Sam. Die wahre Sam. Wenn sie schreibt, ihre Gedichte sogar vorträgt, fühlt Sam sich frei, fast selbstbewusst, »normal«. Sie beginnt sich in Worte zu fassen, endlich darf sie ehrlich mit sich sein und wird gehört. Doch als ihre Welt ins Wanken gerät, als all die Wahrheiten ihr plötzlich um die Ohren fliegen fragt sie sich: Was ist wirklich real, was ein Gedicht – und wem kann sie trauen, wenn nicht mal sich selbst? Am Anfang brauchte ich ein wenig, um in den besonderen Schreibstil hineinzufinden, doch sobald ich drin war, ließ sich das Buch flüssig lesen. Besonders berührt haben mich die lyrischen Elemente und die bildhafte Metaphorik, mit der die Zwangsgedanken und Angststörungen der Protagonistin beschrieben werden. Selbst wenn man nicht betroffen ist, wirken ihre Emotionen greifbar – und als Betroffene konnte ich mich in vielen Momenten tief mit ihr identifizieren, die Einblicke in Sam‘s Gedankenwelt waren so berührend. Es war bewegend ihre Reise und ihre Heilung mitzuerleben und zu sehen, wie sie ihren eigenen Umgang mit ihrer Krankheit findet und wie ihr Umfeld darauf reagiert. An einigen Stellen habe ich sogar etwas für mich mitgenommen, das mir persönlich helfen kann – und genau das hat das Buch für mich so besonders gemacht. Es hat mich mitten ins Herz getroffen und meine Seele ein kleines bisschen geheilt. Die Gedichte, die präsentiert werden; sind ebenso wunderschön wie die Worte die sie innehalten. Die Liebesgeschichte hätte für meinen Geschmack noch etwas mehr Tiefe vertragen, und ich hätte gerne noch mehr über AJ erfahren. Der Plot-Twist war „leider“ vorhersehbar aber dennoch satisfying. Aber abgesehen davon ist Every Last Word ein wunderschönes, kraftvolles Buch, das spürbar mit viel Hingabe und eindringlicher Recherche geschrieben wurde. Absolut gelungen!
This book got me thinking and sobbing for days. I really loved the style of writing and how the author created a deep connection to every character in their own beautiful and hurting ways.