Author: Tamera Ireland StonePublished: June 16th 2015
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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.
Review
What intrigued me about 'Every Last Word' was that the protagonist was a sufferer of OCD and I’m quite interested in Psychology and similar disorders so I definitely had to read this. I’d previously read a Psychological thriller about a women who suffered amnesia and I loved it so I thought this was a must-read!
I loved how the story dived straight in and there were no background information needed or a lot of attention to detail to set the scene but rather the author threw us straight into the story and it all made sense! The story pulled me in right from the start and I really wanted to find out more about how this teen deals with this secret that she has, evenmore so when she holds such a position that she feels this secret will threaten that. The peer-pressure to have to hide something like this is always an interesting scope and it was dealt with beautifully and I liked the outcome.
I liked the creation of ‘The Poet’s Corner’ and thought it was a very beautiful idea and soon enough I wanted to go and join them in this secret escape or rather wished there was something like this when I was at school! We all wish to get away from the eyes of scrutiny, to open up and truly be yourself. I think we’ve all been through it so it was a flashback into the past which pulled me more into the story and I felt like I could relate to Sam more through this similarity and experience.
I liked how ‘The Poet Corner’ had a back story to it and this revelation that came towards the end of the story that twisted the whole storyline and I have to admit took me by surprise. I honestly wasn’t expecting that! When I was thinking this story was engaging but nothing stood out, the author went and proved me wrong and ended the story on such a brilliant note.
One character I liked in particular was Sue! I think in the real world such people in these professions are not valued as they should be, how much effect and influence they have on people's lives for the better never really gets noticed so I loved how the author was able to shed light and give us the appreciation for such people through this novel.
The only thing that vaguely bothered me was how a bully can so easily be forgiven. I get that, I get there is forgiveness and I’m truly appreciative of someone to be so forgiving but it seemed too surreal to get past that really quickly how two of the characters did. Though I did feel there was a lovely romance that blossomed nevertheless.
I truly loved and treasured this story, although the readership is probably younger than what I am I still enjoyed it and the best part for me was the discussion of mental health and an attempt to remove the stigma that surrounds it. It’s always a pleasure to read something that not only is a story but something that is practical and changes people’s thoughts for the better.
Note: I received a review copy of the book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I loved how the story dived straight in and there were no background information needed or a lot of attention to detail to set the scene but rather the author threw us straight into the story and it all made sense! The story pulled me in right from the start and I really wanted to find out more about how this teen deals with this secret that she has, evenmore so when she holds such a position that she feels this secret will threaten that. The peer-pressure to have to hide something like this is always an interesting scope and it was dealt with beautifully and I liked the outcome.
I liked the creation of ‘The Poet’s Corner’ and thought it was a very beautiful idea and soon enough I wanted to go and join them in this secret escape or rather wished there was something like this when I was at school! We all wish to get away from the eyes of scrutiny, to open up and truly be yourself. I think we’ve all been through it so it was a flashback into the past which pulled me more into the story and I felt like I could relate to Sam more through this similarity and experience.
I liked how ‘The Poet Corner’ had a back story to it and this revelation that came towards the end of the story that twisted the whole storyline and I have to admit took me by surprise. I honestly wasn’t expecting that! When I was thinking this story was engaging but nothing stood out, the author went and proved me wrong and ended the story on such a brilliant note.
One character I liked in particular was Sue! I think in the real world such people in these professions are not valued as they should be, how much effect and influence they have on people's lives for the better never really gets noticed so I loved how the author was able to shed light and give us the appreciation for such people through this novel.
The only thing that vaguely bothered me was how a bully can so easily be forgiven. I get that, I get there is forgiveness and I’m truly appreciative of someone to be so forgiving but it seemed too surreal to get past that really quickly how two of the characters did. Though I did feel there was a lovely romance that blossomed nevertheless.
I truly loved and treasured this story, although the readership is probably younger than what I am I still enjoyed it and the best part for me was the discussion of mental health and an attempt to remove the stigma that surrounds it. It’s always a pleasure to read something that not only is a story but something that is practical and changes people’s thoughts for the better.
Note: I received a review copy of the book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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