Nicola Yoon
Författare till Everything, Everything
Om författaren
Nicola Yoon grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn. Her first novel Everything, Everything was published in 2015 and became a New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1972-10-01
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Jamaica
- Bostadsorter
- Jamaica
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Relationer
- Yoon, David (husband)
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
Everything everything i Book talk (mars 2017)
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Listor
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Statistik
- Verk
- 12
- Även av
- 5
- Medlemmar
- 9,518
- Popularitet
- #2,524
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 437
- ISBN
- 178
- Språk
- 18
- Favoritmärkt
- 3
Trigger warnings: Death of a father and brother in the past in an accident and suicide mentioned, hospitalisation of a child, medical content, near-death experience, physical illness, child neglect and abuse
Score: Five points out of ten.
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I wanted to read Everything, Everything after seeing it in my recommendations, and when I discovered that a library I visited had this, I immediately wanted to read it. I glanced at the blurb, making it seem like an intriguing read, despite its unoriginality. However, when I closed the final page, it was underwhelming.
Everything, Everything says, "The greatest risk is not taking one." I disagree. The greatest risk is a risk endangering one's life. Which is the risk Maddy took, which nearly cost her her life. I get that she doesn't want to be stuck at home all day, but she has a life-threatening illness. How can she risk her life so carelessly and recklessly? I don't get that. The plot twist is so contrived it's challenging to comprehend. Maddy didn't realise she never had an illness but her mother made her think that? I have no words to describe that. The conclusion wasn't great either as it petered out Everything, Everything. I wished I could've enjoyed this fictional composition, but alas, I did not.