


Everything, Everything : Yoon, Nicola: desertcart.co.uk: Books Review: More than a love story. - Madeline Whittier is 17 years old and she does not go outside her home because she has Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, basically she is allergic to the world. However, new neighbours move into the house next door and Madeline spots a teenage boy called Olly. Follow Madeline as she looks out of her window and dreams of a life outside. Everything, Everything is a debut novel but you would never guess it because her writing is of such high quality and polished. I loved the format of this book, first person with a linear time scale. Madeline wonderfully describes her life to the reader so that we know what it is like to be trapped in her home and to fear the big, dangerous outside world. The story is so engaging and although told from a female perspective, blokes can so easily relate to it. There is a lot of romance here but it is not slushy or off-putting. The romance is soft and tender, drawing the reader in with hope. You can only wish for things to turn for the better with Madeline. I loved the philosophy weaved into this story. The dialogue shared with the reader leads to some wonderful quotes to take away with you… “Everything’s a risk. Not doing anything is a risk. It’s up to you.” “It’s not your fault. Life is a gift. Don’t forget to live it.” “You’re not living if you’re not regretting.” ...I thoroughly enjoyed reading Everything, Everything. Many people are finding it a challenge staying at home during the Coronavirus pandemic which makes this book extremely easy to relate to. I just wish that Mark Drakeford, First Minister of Wales would read this book and reconsider his decision to keep Wales stuck at home, lagging and trapped behind the rest of the UK, as most of Great Britain eases out of lockdown. Although this book is set in California, readers in lockdown around the globe can relate so easily to Madeline’s entrapment. Everything, Everything is basically a love story but with a lot more thrown in. It is a TOP CLASS read with a happy ending that gets 5 stars from me. Review: This is the perfect book for anyone who is looking for a cute romance novel. - BOOK REVIEW- EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING. March 13, 2017 by Bronte Huskinson Leave a Comment Everything, Everything was one of those pretty books I’ve had sitting on my shelf for a while and never got round to reading. Then the trailer for the film adaptation, which looks amazing by the way, turned up on my Facebook feed and I knew I had to read the book before the film comes out. As with all good stories, I couldn’t put this book down and read it in one sitting. Without saying too many spoilers, the story follows 16 year-old Maddy, a girl who is allergic to, well, everything. Sadly, this means that she can never leave her house. When the charming Olly moves next door, suddenly her life because more complicated than ever before as the two youngsters begin to fall in love. The story sent me through every single emotion; happiness, relief, sadness, heartbreak and everything in between. I definitely felt like I was walking Maddy’s journey with her rather than watching from the side lines which I loved. I adored both Maddy and Olly in this book. I loved Maddy’s curiosity and desire for adventure and I loved Olly’s caring nature. You can really see Maddy’s personal growth in this novel, which is perfectly symbolised by her starting to wear coloured clothes! This is the perfect book for anyone who is looking for a cute romance novel. There are some dark and unexpected twists twists along the way that keeps you on your toes but never strays too far away from its simplistic romance.

| Best Sellers Rank | 58,459 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 62 in Young Adult Fiction on Dating & Sex 67 in Young Adult Nonfiction on Dating & Intimacy 385 in Fiction About Family for Young Adults |
| Customer reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (22,966) |
| Dimensions | 12.9 x 2.1 x 19.8 cm |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN-10 | 0552574236 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0552574235 |
| Item weight | 226 g |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 320 pages |
| Publication date | 3 Sept. 2015 |
| Publisher | Corgi Childrens |
| Reading age | 14 - 17 years |
S**S
More than a love story.
Madeline Whittier is 17 years old and she does not go outside her home because she has Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, basically she is allergic to the world. However, new neighbours move into the house next door and Madeline spots a teenage boy called Olly. Follow Madeline as she looks out of her window and dreams of a life outside. Everything, Everything is a debut novel but you would never guess it because her writing is of such high quality and polished. I loved the format of this book, first person with a linear time scale. Madeline wonderfully describes her life to the reader so that we know what it is like to be trapped in her home and to fear the big, dangerous outside world. The story is so engaging and although told from a female perspective, blokes can so easily relate to it. There is a lot of romance here but it is not slushy or off-putting. The romance is soft and tender, drawing the reader in with hope. You can only wish for things to turn for the better with Madeline. I loved the philosophy weaved into this story. The dialogue shared with the reader leads to some wonderful quotes to take away with you… “Everything’s a risk. Not doing anything is a risk. It’s up to you.” “It’s not your fault. Life is a gift. Don’t forget to live it.” “You’re not living if you’re not regretting.” ...I thoroughly enjoyed reading Everything, Everything. Many people are finding it a challenge staying at home during the Coronavirus pandemic which makes this book extremely easy to relate to. I just wish that Mark Drakeford, First Minister of Wales would read this book and reconsider his decision to keep Wales stuck at home, lagging and trapped behind the rest of the UK, as most of Great Britain eases out of lockdown. Although this book is set in California, readers in lockdown around the globe can relate so easily to Madeline’s entrapment. Everything, Everything is basically a love story but with a lot more thrown in. It is a TOP CLASS read with a happy ending that gets 5 stars from me.
F**E
This is the perfect book for anyone who is looking for a cute romance novel.
BOOK REVIEW- EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING. March 13, 2017 by Bronte Huskinson Leave a Comment Everything, Everything was one of those pretty books I’ve had sitting on my shelf for a while and never got round to reading. Then the trailer for the film adaptation, which looks amazing by the way, turned up on my Facebook feed and I knew I had to read the book before the film comes out. As with all good stories, I couldn’t put this book down and read it in one sitting. Without saying too many spoilers, the story follows 16 year-old Maddy, a girl who is allergic to, well, everything. Sadly, this means that she can never leave her house. When the charming Olly moves next door, suddenly her life because more complicated than ever before as the two youngsters begin to fall in love. The story sent me through every single emotion; happiness, relief, sadness, heartbreak and everything in between. I definitely felt like I was walking Maddy’s journey with her rather than watching from the side lines which I loved. I adored both Maddy and Olly in this book. I loved Maddy’s curiosity and desire for adventure and I loved Olly’s caring nature. You can really see Maddy’s personal growth in this novel, which is perfectly symbolised by her starting to wear coloured clothes! This is the perfect book for anyone who is looking for a cute romance novel. There are some dark and unexpected twists twists along the way that keeps you on your toes but never strays too far away from its simplistic romance.
B**X
"There's More To Life Than Being Alive".
This is a special book. I fell in love with it the moment I started reading. Don't you just love that feeling - the one where you know you've found a book that might just be a new favourite? For that reason you might find it a surprise that this is a 4, not 5, star book. I'll explain. Everything, Everything is a book about "Bubble Girl". A girl with SCID - Severe combined Immunodeficiency. Essentially Madeline Whittier is the most allergic human being imaginable. So much so that she can't leave her home which is effectively bubble wrapped with a fancy air filtration system to boot. Can you imagine how lonely that must be? Or would you not realise it's lonely because you've never experienced what it is that you're missing? Food for thought. And that's ostensibly what this book offered me - SO much food for thought. I was enamoured by Madeline. Her voice sucked me in from the first page; and that's something I really REALLY need to fall in love with a character. She's witty, incredibly intelligent, slightly too literal, funny and has a perfect level of maturity and acceptance towards her condition - I hate when we get a mournful character who, admittedly has an unfortunate hand in life, but just won't shut up about it. Madeline is the opposite and I love her. So when Olly moves in across the road with his slightly (okay, hugely) dysfunctional family, my romance radar went off. Don't get me wrong, I like romance, but it has to be the subtle kind. I can't deal with the "Insta-Love" of the YA genre right now. Yuck. Unfortunately this story smacks of instalove. BUT, here's the thing. I feel like it sort of had to, because Madeline has no human contact minus her mother and her nurse. Of course the intensity of her relationships is either going to be insanely full on or completely socially awkward. I preferred the Instalove. I hate myself for it a tiny bit. You'll hate yourself too by the end of the book. Anyway, so unfolds a cute romance through instant messenger and emails after weeks of watching (read, stalking) each other through their bedroom windows, miming messages to each other and writing backwards notes (and email addresses) on steamed up windows. It's cute. Predictable, but really fun and sweet. I really enjoyed the sweet-natured innocence of these two and I think the author did a wonderful job of it. Some of the interactions between the pair rang so true - Madeline's obsession with refreshing her emails to see if Olly replied it so apt. It's interesting to see two characters communicate in a different, if slightly awkward, way even if it is does seem a bit intense. The childlike antics made it seem all the more real for me given Madeline's predicament. Equally, this book is super interactive with email pages, drawings, "Madeline's Dictionary" and a bunch of other cool twists. Ignoring the romance aspect, Nicola Yoon does some incredible things with this book. The relationship between Maddie and her mum is untouchable. It broke me. It was beautiful, and broken, and sincere. I could have read a whole book about just them. I also enjoyed the questions Yoon raised for me about the sacrifices parents make, the life Madeline's mum inevitably gave up for her daughter, the intensity of sharing a bubble-home and the inherent loneliness of disease even when you're not alone. I especially enjoyed Yoon's approach to the "This Life" question frequently raised in YA books at the moment - is being alive really living. It did smack a little of "The Fault In Our Stars" though; some of the philosophical questions were very John Green. However, I had to drop a star, because the ending is just rubbish. I was so upset that it went this way. I basically predicted it half way through. But I could have guessed it anyway based on some of my favourite reviewers low rated reviews for this book. I hate predictable endings, but that wasn't the issue, the issue was that it was a non-ending. You know where you just wish the author had been a little more imaginative or even a bit braver and thrown you a curve ball? But Yoon did the easy thing and effectively opted out of a decent ending in doing so. Such a shame. Overall, a really strong read. I loved it until I reached 81% and the ending started to unravel. I think Yoon's writing style, her narrative voice and her characterisation was absolutely perfect and I whole-heartedly recommend this sweet-natured, mostly thought provoking, fun book - I'll definitely be checking out her other work.
L**A
Dieses Buch hat schon so lange auf meinem SUB gelegen seit der ganze Hype darum auf Booktube losging und nun bin ich endlich dazugekommen – und ich bin so froh es gelesen zu haben. Das erste Mal habe ich von der Autorin Nicola Yoon im Zusammenhang mit ihrem zweiten Roman The Sun is Also a Star gehört, der sogar noch mehr gepriesen wird als ihr erster. Gelesen hab ich The Sun is Also a Star noch nicht, habe es aber bald vor, denn ich will unbedingt sehen, ob dieses zweite Buch sogar noch besser ist als das erste und das sagt schon viel, denn normalerweise lese ich nicht so viel Contemporary. Lest weiter um herauszufinden warum es mir so gut gefallen hat. Geschichte Die 18-jährige Madeline lebt eingeschlossen in einem Haus mit Luftschleusen, Dekontaminatoren (ist das ein akzeptables deutsches Wort?), Fenstern, die man nicht öffnen kann, und ganz ohne Besuch von draußen. Sie hat ihr Haus nicht mehr verlassen seit sie ein Baby war und täte sie es jetzt, würde sie mit ziemlicher Sicherheit sterben. Kurz gesagt leidet sie an der schweren Immunkrankheit SCID, die sie praktisch auf alles in der Außenwelt allergisch macht. Ihre einzigen Freunde sind ihre Mutter und ihre Krankenschwester Carla mit denen sie jeden einzelnen Tag verbringt. Ihr einziger Zeitvertreib sind ihre Bücher und die Film- und Spielabende, die sie immer mit ihrer Mutter veranstaltet. Alles ändert sich als nebenan eine neue Familie einzieht und mit ihr ein Junge, der von Maddy so fasziniert ist, dass er sie einfach nicht in Ruhe lassen kann. Dabei regt er in ihr zum ersten Mal seit langer Zeit den dringenden Wunsch ihr Haus verlassen und die ganze Welt erleben zu können. Äußerlichkeiten Das Cover ist wunderschön. Der Schriftzug ist sehr simpel gehalten aber mit sehr vielen bunten Illustrationen verziert, die in den verschiedensten Farben alles Mögliche darstellen: Blumen, Bücher, Gebäude, Flugzeuge, Musik – ihr versteht schon, eben everything, everything. Das passt sehr gut zu den Illustrationen im Buch (alle von Nicola Yoons Ehemann David), die einen großen Teil zum Lesevergnügen beigetragen haben. Das ganze ist also sehr grafisch und hat mich vom Design her manchmal ganz leicht an eine sehr abgeschwächte Version von Illuminae von Amie Kaufman und Jay Kristoff erinnert. Es ist wahrscheinlich eines der am schnellsten zu lesenden Bücher auf meinem Regal. Mit ca. 300 Seiten, viele von welchen mit Zeichnungen gefüllt oder wegen den kurzen Kapiteln eher leer gelassen wurden, ist es durchaus möglich das Buch in einem Rutsch durchzulesen. Manchmal lese ich gerne eine sehr kurze Geschichte, wenn ich zum Beispiel gerade einen dicken Wälzer beendet habe um ein bisschen Abwechslung reinzubringen. Dafür ist Everything, Everything perfekt. Schreibstil & Plot Das ganze Buch ist sehr einfach geschrieben: viele kurze Sätze, aber mit sehr vielen schönen Metaphern zwischendrin, die es irgendwie besonders gemacht haben. Sehr gut hat mit gefallen, dass jedes Kapitel einen Namen hat und sie nicht einfach durchnummeriert sind. Die Autorin hat es geschafft die Geschichte emotional zu machen ohne dabei kitschig zu wirken und das ist eine Kunst. Sie hat es geschafft, dass die Charaktere mir sehr ans Herz gewachsen sind und ich mich toll in sie habe einfühlen können. Ich kann zwar nicht aus Erfahrung sprechen, doch trotzdem kam mir Maddys Stimme in Bezug darauf, wie sie mit ihrer Krankheit umgeht, sehr realistisch vor. Manchmal kamen mir einzelne Kapitel wie sehr kleine Einblicke in ihr Leben vor, bei denen etwas Kleber gefehlt hat um sie in eine komplett zusammenhängende Geschichte zu basteln, aber das hat mich wirklich nur sehr selten ein kleines bisschen gestört. Der einzige Punkt, der mir nicht ganz so gut gefallen hat, war der Schluss, aber auch nur, weil er für meinen Geschmack etwas kurz geraten ist. Es war einfach ein wenig abrupt und ich hätte gerne noch mehr Details gesehen. Charaktere Beide Protagonisten, Madeline und Olly, haben mir sehr gut gefallen. Die Geschichte wird aus Maddys Sicht erzählt, worüber ich mir anfangs ein wenig Sorgen gemacht habe. Da sie so krank ist und komplett abgeschnitten von der Welt lebt, habe ich eine eher depressive Erzählerin erwartet, doch ich wurde positiv vom Gegenteil überrascht. Maddy hat ihr Leben so wie es ist akzeptiert und ist so glücklich wie sie eingesperrt eben sein kann. Sie ist weder depressiv noch beschwert sie sich dauernd über ihre Situation und hat durch das ganze hinweg sogar ihren Humor behalten können. Es war sehr angenehm in ihrem Kopf zu sein – eine sehr erfrischende Abwechslung zu so manch anderem YA Buch, das mir in der letzten Zeit zwischen die Finger geraten ist. Ich habe mich sofort in Olly verliebt. Er gibt Maddy nie das Gefühl ein Freak zu sein und packt sie gleichzeitig auch nicht mit Samthandschuhen an. Es ist klar, dass sie ihm viel bedeutet in allem was er tut und trotzdem ist er keiner dieser typischen klischeehaften, ich-geh-mal-kurz-brechen Typen, die in schwierigen Situationen immer so schmalzig sein müssen. Lieblingszitat "I was happy before I met him. But I’m alive now, and those are not the same thing." (Seite 181) Dieses Zitat beschreibt ganz toll die Beziehung zwischen den beiden. Sie braucht ihn nicht um glücklich zu sein, aber durch ihn fühlt sie sich einfach lebendiger. Genau so soll es doch sein. Fazit Everything, Everything ist schnelles, aber Eindruck hinterlassendes Lesematerial und ein ziemlich außergewöhnlicher Debüt-Roman. Zwar ging es mir manchmal ein klein wenig zu schnell, doch insgesamt hat es mir trotzdem total gut gefallen. Ich will in Zukunft unbedingt mehr von Nicola Yoon lesen und freue mich schon auf ihr zweites Buch!
S**N
amazing quality and really copy
S**I
Ho pianto tantissimo leggendo questo libro: all'inizio, durante e alla fine, perché separarmi dai personaggi è stato uno strazio. Storia ben pensata, costruita ancora meglio, con uno stile da cui staccarsi sembra impossibile. La svolta finale è un pochino prevedibile, ma ho comunque apprezzato tantissimo il modo in cui è stata raccontata la storia. Meravigliose anche le illustrazioni che danno un tocco in più al libro. L'inglese utilizzato non è difficilissimo, per un livello intermedio può andar bene, ma munitevi di dizionario perché incontrerete parole che non conoscete!
H**R
Muy bien libro y digerible para quienes estamos aprendiendo inglés.
R**A
i enjoyed every minute of it, i regret letting it stay in my bookshelf for months because once i opened it i knew it will be my favorite book, to the point i couldn’t read any other book for a while because it was just not good enough compares to Everything Everything it has an easy language and it also has a lot of drawings to let you understand, what a wonderful book.
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