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The New York Times bestselling, BookTok sensation, deeply moving novel of friendship, first love, mental health, and belonging, perfect for fans of Girl in Pieces and The Summer of Broken Rules
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.
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Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (June 6, 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 1484723643
ISBN-13 : 978-1484723647
Reading age : 11+ years, from customers
Grade level : 7 - 12
Item Weight : 12 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches
Reviewer: H. DeFilippis
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A serious topic but a tremendously good book
Review: CharactersSamantha: It might be difficult at first to know whether or not you're supposed to like Samantha. Sure she's the main character, but she's part of the "mean girl" clique at school. Usually we're led to believe that these girls are vain, shallow, and cruel to anyone that is not part of their group. While this may be true in the beginning for some of her friends, Samantha is actually a decent person, albeit one with a dark secret: she suffers from an obsessive disorder that makes life next to unbearable.I found her to be a ridiculously strong character. High school is difficult enough, but with a disorder like this and all the trouble that comes with it, she somehow manages to keep it a secret from her friends. Looking back on it, of course keeping a secret like this is terrible and her friends aren't worth if it they'd treat her badly because of it, but for someone in high school, image can be everything, so I understand how she felt regarding the situation.The Poet's Corner: these characters were all unique in their difficulties, but all brought together by their love of writing. In high school I would have given anything to have the comraderie they seem to share.Antagonist(s)This is sort of a difficult area because there wasn't a clear villain, exactly, though there were some "characters" that added to the difficulty of Samantha's journey.Mean Girls: these are the friends that Samantha has grown up with and fits in with the best, despite some of them being horrible people. They were a little cliche in their meanness, I'll admit. Samantha herself states that she doesn't agree fully with their bullying of other classmates, but she goes along with it out of peer pressure. I can't remember coming across someone in real life that was like Samantha in this instance. The bullies that I dealt with were jerks through and through, but in the story, at least there is hope for some of the girls. Even if they wouldn't turn out like this in real life, at least in fiction we can hope for the best and see it begin to come true.OCD: I am not very familiar with OCD as a realistic disease, so I am not sure to what degree what Samantha suffered is real. It was, however, presented in a overpowering and ever present way that made me believe, for the course of the book, that I could understand how Samantha was feeling, if only for a little bit.ImageryImagery wasn't a part of the novel that I really noticed as anything extraordinary, perhaps because it took place in the real world and it was an everyday sort of place, unlike if it were a fantasy novel. I knew, or at least could hazard a guess, what the place looked like without having to have it painted out for me.Plot/PacingI found the writing to be fairly streamlined. It was a fairly quick read. The prose was catchy enough to be interesting without too much going on, and it left off in good places at the end of chapters so that I wanted to continue.EndingThere was a fairly big surprise for Samantha toward the end that, while devastating, I was at least starting to guess midway through the book. It was an interesting choice for the author to make. In the course of the story I found it plausible, though a bit sad as the person involved in this revelation was a character that I had really felt happy with.SummaryThere are times when this novel can feel a bit dark because of the panic and terror that Samantha feels, but it is well worth the emotional journey that she and you as the reader will undertake.
Reviewer: Fiktshun
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An exceptionally well-written, beautifully-told and incredibly moving story
Review: EVERY LAST WORD is an exceptionally well-written and beautifully-told story about a girl who has spent most of her life hiding the fact that sheâs suffering from OCD, desperate to not only appear normal but to be normal. Itâs a story that is heartwarming and heartbreaking and incredibly moving. It puts readers in the main character, Sam McAllisterâs shoes, giving them a glimpse at what itâs like to live with a mind that has the tendency to spiral out-of-control and the fear that thoughts could turn into actions that could be harmful.Samantha McAllister never had a problem fitting in, at least not on the outside. She was one of the âCrazy Eightsâ â she was pretty, she was popular, she was athletic, she went to all the right parties, she went to all the best concerts. But on the inside she knew she didnât fit. Her OCD, with thoughts that sometimes went to dark places and behaviors she was certain would label her as actually crazy, guaranteed that. She just needed to be able to continue playing the part of normal. The problem was it wasnât getting any easier.But when she meets Caroline, a girl who doesnât seem to care about how she looks or how she dresses or what her friends think of her, a girl completely unlike herself, everything starts to change. She is introduced to a whole new world â one of words, of expression, of people who are confident and supportive. And she hopes to be, she wants to be, she thinks she can be, like them. Someday.Tamara Ireland Stone did an incredible job with her story. She made Sam someone readers could connect with, empathize with, like and root for. She made her sympathetic but not pitiable. She gave them a better understanding of Samâs particular brand of Pure-O. And she showed how with hard work, medication, therapy, and the right non-toxic environment that this disorder can be managed.And she did this in a way that is captivating and wonderful, and sweet and sad and romantic and emotional.EVERY LAST WORD sheds some light on a disorder that can be debilitating. It tells a story that is inspiring and uplifting and utterly enchanting. It is peppered throughout with some truly fantastic poetry. It delivers a love story that will make readers smile. And it adds a twist that is sure to surprise.It is a gorgeous and amazing and unforgettable must read.
Reviewer: Angela Schroeder
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Endearing story
Review: I actually really liked this story, I donât normally read teenage love stories because I get so annoyed at the immaturity of the characters, but this book had a hold on me! I honestly donât know much about OCD, but I feel the author did a good job describing Samâs thoughts and feelings and how her OCD affects her and her life. Medicine can definitely mess with your psyche and mental state if itâs not the right thing for your body or mixed with something else, I like the representation of that in this book. Overall, this was a cute book and Iâm glad I read it ð
Reviewer: Betina Zarzur Hachem
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Reviewer: OB
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Review: Read this book in 2 days, I was glued to it. Very good!
Reviewer: Miss k h jolliffe
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: really good book
Reviewer: Anna
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Sehr schön geschrieben, schöne Geschichte. Hat sehr Spaà gemacht zu lesen, so schön, einfach traumhaft.
Reviewer: Einar
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: El material de la portada es muy inusual, la historia parece buena, el único detalle por decirlo asà es que la primer hoja venÃa un poco doblada, llegó súper rápido
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