What would you do to bring back someone you love? After the unexpected loss of his girlfriend, a boy suffering from delusions believes he can travel through time to save her in this gripping new novel from New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis."A story that’s both heartbreaking and hopeful." —Publishers Weekly, starred review“Revis’s account of grief, loss, first love, and anguish, presented through a lens of mental illness, is a must-read.” —VOYA, starred review“A heartrending, beautifully complex look at mental illness, life, and loss. I tore through the pages, and, days later, this story still has a hold on me.” —Alexandra Bracken, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Darkest Minds series and PassengerSeventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he can travel through time. When he was ten, Bo claimed to have witnessed the Titanic hit an iceberg, and at fifteen, he found himself on a Civil War battlefield, horrified by the bodies surrounding him. So when his concerned parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes he knows the truth: that he’s actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school for kids who, like Bo, have "superpowers."At Berkshire, Bo falls in love with Sofia, a quiet girl with a tragic past and the superpower of invisibility. Sofia helps Bo open up in a way he never has before. In turn, Bo provides comfort to Sofia, who lost her mother and two sisters at a very young age.But even the strength of their love isn’t enough to help Sofia escape her deep depression. After she commits suicide, Bo is convinced that she's not actually dead. He believes that she's stuck somewhere in time — that he somehow left her in the past, and now it's his job to save her.Not since Ned Vizzini’s It’s Kind of a Funny Story has there been such a heartrending depiction of mental illness. In her first contemporary novel, Beth Revis guides readers through the mind of a young man struggling to process his grief as he fights his way through his delusions. As Bo becomes more and more determined to save Sofia, he has to decide whether to face his demons head-on, or succumb to a psychosis that will let him be with the girl he loves.
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A World Without You
von Beth Revis
What would you do to bring back someone you love? After the unexpected loss of his girlfriend, a boy suffering from delusions believes he can travel through time to save her in this gripping new novel from New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis."A story that’s both heartbreaking and hopeful." —Publishers Weekly, starred review“Revis’s account of grief, loss, first love, and anguish, presented through a lens of mental illness, is a must-read.” —VOYA, starred review“A heartrending, beautifully complex look at mental illness, life, and loss. I tore through the pages, and, days later, this story still has a hold on me.” —Alexandra Bracken, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Darkest Minds series and PassengerSeventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he can travel through time. When he was ten, Bo claimed to have witnessed the Titanic hit an iceberg, and at fifteen, he found himself on a Civil War battlefield, horrified by the bodies surrounding him. So when his concerned parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes he knows the truth: that he’s actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school for kids who, like Bo, have "superpowers."At Berkshire, Bo falls in love with Sofia, a quiet girl with a tragic past and the superpower of invisibility. Sofia helps Bo open up in a way he never has before. In turn, Bo provides comfort to Sofia, who lost her mother and two sisters at a very young age.But even the strength of their love isn’t enough to help Sofia escape her deep depression. After she commits suicide, Bo is convinced that she's not actually dead. He believes that she's stuck somewhere in time — that he somehow left her in the past, and now it's his job to save her.Not since Ned Vizzini’s It’s Kind of a Funny Story has there been such a heartrending depiction of mental illness. In her first contemporary novel, Beth Revis guides readers through the mind of a young man struggling to process his grief as he fights his way through his delusions. As Bo becomes more and more determined to save Sofia, he has to decide whether to face his demons head-on, or succumb to a psychosis that will let him be with the girl he loves.
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Rezension von MiriIn "A World Without You" von Beth Revis geht es um Bo, der der Überzeugung ist, er könne durch die Zeit reisen, ebenfalls glaubt er fest daran, dass seine Schule ein Internat für Menschen mit besonderen Fähigkeiten ist. Als Bos Freundin Sofia sich das Leben nimmt, meint Bo er hätte sie mit seinen Fähigkeiten nur in die Vergangenheit geschickt und er versucht verzweifelt sie zu retten. Soviel erstmal zur Geschichte, da ich hier nichts spoilern möchte. Die ersten paar Seiten haben mein Interesse geweckt, man weiß zu Beginn nicht, ob Bos Fähigkeiten real sind oder nur in seinem Kopf existieren. Nach einer Weile aber verfällt das Buch in ein wiederkehrendes Muster und beginnt sich zu ziehen. Erst ab ca. der Hälfte spitzt sich die Lage zu und die Geschichte wird interessanter. Das Ende hatte ich schon eine Weile vorher geahnt und habe es nur bedingt als befriedigend empfunden, jedoch kann ich mir auch vorstellen, dass es sehr schwer sein muss, diese Geschichte passend zu beenden. Wirklich positiv fand ich die Metaphern die Beth Revis durch die Superkräfte geschaffen hat (z.B. Gedankenlesen bzw. -kontrollieren für manipulatives, egoistisches Handeln), auch der Schreibstil ließ sich angenehm lesen. Über die Geschichten der Nebencharaktere erfährt man auch einiges, auch wenn das Buch sehr auf Bo konzentriert ist. Ab und an gibt es Kapitel aus der Perspektive von Bos Schwester. Diese bilden eine ganz andere Sichtweise auf Bos Situation als Kontrast zu seiner Perspektive (in der der größte Teil des Buchs geschrieben ist). Ich persönlich empfand die Kapitel eher als nettes Beiwerk. Nicht schlecht, aber auch nichts besonderes. Alles in allem hatte das Buch durchaus gute Momente, jedoch auch viele Teile, die ich bemängele. Insgesamt konnte mich das Buch leider nicht so wirklich überzeugen, daher 2/5 Sternen.