Everything, Everything Book Review

Wow. Just wow.

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon isn’t your typical “sick teenager who finds love then tragically dies”  novel. The novel is undeniably similar to these “sick kid finds love” YA novels, but Yoon’s creative writing style and plot twist ending set her apart. The novel is told from the point of view of a seventeen year old girl named Maddy. Maddy has a disease that prohibits her from leaving her house and interacting with the world around her, (and no it’s not an internet addiction). She can get really sick out of the blue if she comes in contact with anything she might be “allergic to”.

An adept author, Yoon embeds graphics, lists, and online chats that belong to Maddy inside the text. The reader is able to feel a deeper connection to the main character, a witty and courage young women. Maddy is also half asian/half black, bringing some much needed diversity to mainstream young adult novels.

My only qualm with the novel is the ending. It is abrupt, and left me wanting more. Without giving too much away – since I really hope you read the novel – the climax of the novel is DEFINITELY unexpected and raises many questions, while answering many at the same time. After the climax, it would have been interesting to get some more character development on one of the main characters, or maybe even some graphics belonging to another character.

In all, I higly recommend reading this book bfore seeing the movie, which comes out May 19.

Find out more about movie here: http://everythingeverythingmovie.com/