Reviewed by Christian C. for TeensReadToo.com

Anna is fat and depressed. She suffers from panic attacks, and has stopped going to school. Her parents, who are totally clueless, decide to send her to a mental hospital. Will that do any good? Anna doesn't think so! Not in this place. Nobody tells her anything, they have the weirdest rules ever, and she's forced to wear these ugly pajamas all day long with no bra!

But as days go by, things turn out to be not as bad as she originally thought. Anna me More...

I loved it. There were so many hilarious parts in this book. Not to mention the fact that Anna has a kickass taste in music in this book ;]
It's one of those books where you want to know what happens to the character in the future. It's the type of book that you want to keep reading and reading but you've already turned the last page and staring at the smiley face sticking out its tongue at you. Oh well.
I loved this book. I would definitely reccommend it for anyone who wants a good laugh and a g More...

Reading is subjective. Just because someone didn't like your book is no reason to be nasty.

I came across Julie Halpern's first novel while browsing the offerings over at Feiwel & Friends. I was so grateful they were publishing Long May She Reign that I grabbed both Carpe Diem and Get Well Soon because if they're publishing Ellen Emerson White books they not only have superb taste, they deserve my undying loyalty. Get Well Soon tells the story of Anna Bloom, a depressed teenager whose parents commit her to a mental institution when her panic attacks get in the way of her going More...

Get Well Soon was a great read that I really enjoyed. I read it in a day because I couldn't put it down. It's about the author's experience in a mental institution but written in a witty way that makes you laugh. You really get a sense of Anna as a character and how self-conscious you can be to what people think of you. Anna has no idea what the rules are at the institution or how to contact people at home. For the most part, she was shy until meeting a couple of great friends and making the bes More...

So, I decided to rewrite my previous review of this book. I realized that the plot was reasonable, but the whole book revolved around swearing and emo misery. It was not worth spending the three weeks that I spent reading this book just to hear the word s**t in every sentence. The narrator has an extreme bias, and is very sympathetic for herself, which in a main character, I usually find boring repulsive and just not fun to read at all whatsoever. I think the main reason I read this book was bec More...

This was one fun book.

The book Get Well Soon is about Anna Bloom’s adjustment into Lake Land mental hospital. Anna Bloom’s parents have taken her to a mental hospital because she excessively misses school and is constantly depressed. The first few days are just terrible for Anna until she meets a boy Justin. Anna finds him to be the most attractive bot she has ever met as she finds out that they have so much in common with each other. A few days after she meets Justin, she gets a roommate Sandy, who is pregnant, and More...

Get Well Soon is a heartwarming, hilarious, and intriguing realistic fiction book that will make you think twice about what life is about for Anna Bloom. I want to share the same feeling that I got when I read this book with everyone else. Anna was a teenager who had this image in her head of killing and destroying herself because of her flaws. She thought that being fat (not pretty is what she called herself) and embarrassed had broken her down. She would always compare herself to the perfect “ More...

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Loved this book. Really. Gosh Justin sounds so dreamy lmao and plus Anna thought he was one gorgeous hottie I envied Anna for having her first kiss with him!!! DAMNNNN.


OMG i thought this book was AMAZINGG and Anna has a really witty sense of humor I even laughed and giggled at the way she visualizes things cause' I'm like a typical teenage girl like her too!! I'm so glad I found this rad book because I could relate soo much about Anna's hormonal thoughts to mine!!! :D I also loved the chract More...

Funny, poignant, relevant. Complex ideas are presented without a heavy moral hand, and without sacrificing the YA tone. Nothing here is remotely inappropriate for teen readers, even young teens, and yet it is a genuinely good read for an older audience as well.

Anna is an amazing protagonist. Her voice is pure YA. The book jacket says that Halpern wrote the book based on her own struggles as a teen, and I don't doubt it. It's like she has a direct line to adolescence. There is nothing forced abo More...

"Walking around, listening, talking to people, I felt really . . . comfortable? The TV provided noise, so I didn't think about my stomach. Creepy Phil gave us someone to laugh at. Victor invited me and Sandy into the card game. Who would've thought I would be playing cards with a drug dealer? This place seemed to erase all social stereotypes. There was absolutely no pressure to be cool or skinny or entertaining. I was there, and that was enough.

Trying to fall asleep afterward, all I could think More...

Anna is depressed,she hates school and she feels like she's fat. But still, that's no excuse to drop her in the nearest mental hospital. But that's what her parents do, for three whole weeks. Yet, while these three weeks should have been the longest of her life, they end up being the shortest. Who could have guessed that she would meet a whole bunch of new people, all who seem suspicously nice, and even normal(aren't they supposed to be crazy?), a cute boy named Justin (who seems to like her bac More...

The book opens with Anna’s first thoughts after being checked into a psych hospital. She’d been depressed and her parents decided to get her help. She has to deal with community rules, The Man (in the form of hospital staff), and *actual* crazy teenagers.

It read more like some kind of ‘troubled kids’ camp stay than a grittier experience. The adults were a little inept and the kids who got better seemed to do so without their aid. Exercises were a little foolish—practicing proper pillow etiquette More...

This book was about a girl, Anna Bloom who's parents sent her to a mental hospital for her own sake. At first when she gets there she doesn't make a good impression since she threatens to kill herself at first because she's so devastated that her parents really made her stay at a mental hospital. After a while Anna calms down a little and becomes easier to manage. She almost becomes more cheerful when she starts to befriends some of the patients around the same age as her. Anna still believe the More...

In this book get well soon is about a girl named anna bloom. Her parents can't stand her behavior and panic attaks and her stop going to school so what happens is that they think their daughter Is crazy and so they send her to a mental hospital for mental people.When her parents told her that they were going to enrole her in a mental hospital because her parents thought she was crazy... This girl freaked out I mean she wanted to blow up in her parents. If I was her I would just sat down calmy an More...

In the book Get well soon by Julie Halpern is a ook bout a girl named Anna and she is very anti social. Anna's parents send her to a mental hospital at first Anna thought she was going to have a hard time meeting people because just like the "real world" (that's what she calls anywhere thats not inside the mental hosptial. Anna ends up making friends and finds a guy that she likes alot and soon to find out he likes her... oo and did mention she has a roomate whos pregnant.
This book is a text t More...

This was one of my "browsing the shelves at the library and picking up anything that looks good" finds -- which sometimes turn out to be pretty amazing books. Which was the case this time.

I'm a little ashamed to say that one thing that also attracted me to this book was that it was very short. I was trying to find something to read quickly because I was falling behind in my 50 books a year goal, so I probably would have let this sit on the shelf for a few months if it weren't a measly 200 pages. More...

Get Well Soon
A Humor Filled Look At Reality

Anna Bloom is a pretty average teenage girl. Except for the fact that she is so depressed she was put into a mental institution. On the way to her recovery she meets many new people, some she is able to call friends, some maybe more than that. Justin, a patient, who Anna starts to crush on. However, like a lot of girls she is never sure if she is good enough and she always gets happy when he is with her. Being in a mental hospital how is Anna and Ju More...

"They all said the same thing on the front: Get Well Soon. People sent me get well soon cards while I was in a mental hospital. There were fluffy little bunnies, floaty rainbows, and even a religious card. I could understand that Hallmark probably doesn't make 'Get Sane Soon' cards, but still." - Anna Bloom in Get Well Soon

Anna Bloom is depressed - clinically depressed. It has gotten so bad that she rarely goes to school, hardly ever even leaves her room. When she does go to school, she suffers More...

Actual Rating: 3.5 Stars

Comments:
I finished this book in one sitting, which surprised me.The back cover blurb describing the character as 'so depressed' made me apprehensive.
I like teen angst, but I wasn't sure if I could handle listening to
melodramatic whining. It wasn't bad at all.

PROS:
- Amusing, almost witty voice.

- Cast of character is easy to remember and distinguish.

- Melodramatic parts are short and rather amusing.

- Creepy, dehumanizing setting that made the characters all the more
real More...

Anna Bloom has just been checked into a mental hospital. A high school girl dealing with body pressure and raging hormones (uh, and irritable bowel syndrome?), her parents have decided that her recent brush with depression is the last straw and have her committed. Surrounded by kids who hear voices, set houses on fire, and talk to Satan, is it weird that this is the first place she’s ever felt accepted?

The irony is not lost on her. Not only does she make some great friends with her fellow loonie More...

In the Get Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern is about a teen girl named Anna Bloom. Her parents sent her to a mental hospital because her therapist suggested it since Anna is very depress all the time. The first day she was there, she thought that no one would like her because in the "real world" (that's what she calls it when she's in the hospital) no one really liked her, she was anti-social. She ends up making friends with lots of friends. Her roommate, Sandy, finds out she's pregnant so the sta More...

I didn't think I would like this as much as I ended up liking it. Anna is admitted to a mental hospital, because she is depressed and suicidal, and she expects to hate it. She can't understand why she's there, when everyone else is clearly really crazy, and how could her parents do this to her? But gradually, as she adjusts to the routine and the bizarre rules (No touching anyone else, ever. Hold out 2 fingers from your torso when you want to say something. Don't drop your pillow during Relaxati More...

I happen to be a very tough critic when it comes to literature that delves into the realm of mental health and its institutions. Working over 15 years in the field will do that to you. With that being said, I can tell you that this is a must read for anyone in the field or anyone with a loved one in the system. I highly recommend this book to any mature YA reader wether they have or have not spent time inpatient. Readers will connect with Anna's character and those of her "inmates." Anna's voice More...

In "Get well soon", Julie Halpern writes about this 16 year old girl named Anna, who has gotten herself in a bit of a rut. She's been admitted to a mental hospital! That's not something you see everyday.

Anna is like a typical teenage girl. She is self-conscious about her appearance,she's she complains about her parents, and she she's always on the lookout for cute boys. Her only problem is that she is depressed.

Breaking the rules is something that is a common thing in this book, well, the hospit More...

Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern revolves around a teenage girl named Anna who ends up in a mental hospital because of suicide and insecurities on her weight. In the hospital she meets many different people that are there for many unique reasons. Anna meets many friends that she can relate to as she learns about the problems of others. Her roommate is there because she 'faked a pregnancy', one guy in there is there because his father has the money to keep him there. She also meets a boy named Just More...

This book is about a teenage girl named Anna that is sent to a mental hospital because she is struggling with suicidal thoughts. She feels betrayed by her parents and is very emotionally unstable. While she is there she falls for another kid that is there named Justin. Throughout this whole experience that she is having at the hospital she talks of all the different types of people that she meets there and how she dislikes some and becomes close friends with others.

I was not a really big fan of More...