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Chasing Brooklyn

by Lisa Schroeder (Goodreads Author)

4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 · rating details · 3,861 ratings · 633 reviews

Restless souls and empty hearts

Brooklyn can't sleep. Her boyfriend, Lucca, died only a year ago, and now her friend Gabe has just died of an overdose. Every time she closes her eyes, Gabe's ghost is there waiting for her. She has no idea what he wants or why it isn't Lucca visiting her dreams.

Nico can't stop. He's always running, trying to escape the pain of losing his bro...more

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Published January 5th 2010 by Simon Pulse

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Jul 22, 2012 ♥Rachel♥ rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to ♥Rachel♥ by: Anna

Shelves: verse-novel, books-i-own, favorites

4.5 Stars

This story is a haunting tale (literally) about dealing with, and moving on after tragic loss, and finding love when you least expect it.

Brooklyn lost her boyfriend Lucca in a tragic accident one year ago, and now his best friend, Gabe, has died of an overdose. Brooklyn was very much in love with Lucca, and hasn't been dealing with the loss well. Who would? She's abandoned her art and writes letters to Lucca every day. All of a sudden Brooklyn starts having nightmares about Gabe. Truly...more 4.5 Stars

This story is a haunting tale (literally) about dealing with, and moving on after tragic loss, and finding love when you least expect it.

Brooklyn lost her boyfriend Lucca in a tragic accident one year ago, and now his best friend, Gabe, has died of an overdose. Brooklyn was very much in love with Lucca, and hasn't been dealing with the loss well. Who would? She's abandoned her art and writes letters to Lucca every day. All of a sudden Brooklyn starts having nightmares about Gabe. Truly heart-pounding, scary, run-for-your life nightmares! She has no idea why, and is beyond frightened.

Nico is Lucca's older brother, and has barely been coping with the death of his brother as well. Lucca was the favorite child of his parents and he feels he's a poor substitution. Lucca starts visiting Nico in his dreams, begging him to help Brooklyn. He has no idea why she needs help or how to provide it. But Lucca's request is desperate enough that Nico arranges to meet up with Brooklyn to make sure all is well. Nico can tell there is something wrong but Brooklyn won't say what.

This story was told in verse, a form of storytelling I am quickly beginning to love. A verse novel can speak volumes with very few words. It's like a focused type of storytelling. Lisa Schroeder did a masterful job in capturing just the right emotion, at the right time. I was riveted from the beginning and didn't want to put this book down. It was suspenseful and scary but also heart-warming, and heart-breaking. Nico is so swoon-worthy, a total knight-in-shining-armor type of guy. You find yourself falling for him just as Brooklyn does, not that she is completely aware of this at first. Love this verse from her:

When I wake up
I whisper prayers of thanks.

Thank you for a night free of ghosts and nightmares.
Thank you for another day of living.
Thank you for a race that gives me purpose.
Thank you for a lullaby last night.
Thank you for the boy who sang it.

I think he called me lovely in the song.
Did he?
Yeah, he did.
And I feel my heart
do a dance of joy
at the thought.

If you haven't read a verse novel, do yourself a favor and give one a try. They're a fast and if done right, powerful read. I highly recommend this one.
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Jan 06, 2010 Courtney added it

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I've seen a lot of criticism leveled at novels in verse; the format doesn't allow the characters and situations to be fleshed out, they're too 'thin'--they'll leave you unsatisfied, wanting more. That any story told in verse is too limited by the format, blah blah. That kinda talk always makes my eyes roll up in my head and I'm just like, "Dude, are you sure it's the format? Maybe it's the AUTHOR. Maybe the AUTHOR just ISN'T VERY GOOD. MAYBE THE AUTHOR'S STORY IS THIN AND UNSATISFYING AND NOT FL...more I've seen a lot of criticism leveled at novels in verse; the format doesn't allow the characters and situations to be fleshed out, they're too 'thin'--they'll leave you unsatisfied, wanting more. That any story told in verse is too limited by the format, blah blah. That kinda talk always makes my eyes roll up in my head and I'm just like, "Dude, are you sure it's the format? Maybe it's the AUTHOR. Maybe the AUTHOR just ISN'T VERY GOOD. MAYBE THE AUTHOR'S STORY IS THIN AND UNSATISFYING AND NOT FLESHED OUT."

And then my blood pressure goes up and stuff and anyways, maybe from now on every time someone complains about verse novels in this way to me I will just hand them Lisa Schroeder's Chasing Brooklyn and then say ENJOY SEEING HOW BRILLIANT THEY CAN BE and run off into the night, my cape billowing in the wind behind me.

Chasing Brooklyn is a story about a girl named Brooklyn, whose boyfriend, Lucca died a year before the story takes place. She's not over it, to say the least. Then! To make matters worse, her friend Gabe (who was her boyfriend's friend as well) dies of an overdose. Which sucks because Gabe and Brooklyn promised they would help each other through Lucca's death. So THEN! Gabe starts haunting Brooklyn, chasing her in her dreams and turning them into horrible nightmares. He makes his presence known in disturbing ways.

Chasing Brooklyn is also a story about a boy named Nico. Ever since his brother Lucca died, he runs. He feels like he can't measure up to the space his golden boy brother left behind.

And then Lucca starts leaving Nico messages from beyond the grave telling him Brooklyn needs help...

It's no secret that I like spare writing, unfussy, uncomplicated prose. That kind of writing, to me, is IT. That's what I aspire to write, that's what I enjoy reading the most. Imagine my utter delight to find this book full of tight and precise perfect sentences that come together to make this moving story about loss and grief and moving on.

Chasing Brooklyn is told from two POVs (Brooklyn and Nico) and it is stunning. I'm a hard sell on dual narratives. It's hard to make two voices distinct in one book, but Schroeder succeeds at this and thensome. I found myself really enjoying the juxtaposition between Nico and Brooklyn's takes on things, like when Brooklyn is narrating her utter heartbreak and inability to keep it together and then all the sudden you get Nico's perspective on the same situation and he's calling Brooklyn a faucet with legs (one of my favourite lines in the book!!). I loved the way their pages played off each other. I also loved when certain lines echoed in each narrative--Schroeder used this effect sparingly (and knows exactly WHEN to use it), and each time she did, oh man, I got chills.

This is definitely a quick read. It passed in a blink of an eye but I wouldn't say that's solely because of the format. Because nothing makes a painful read go by fast no matter how it's written, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, and I think you do. What kept me turning pages here wasn't the format, is what I'm saying. What kept me turning pages was my need to know how Brooklyn and Nico would help each other through this.

Ultimately, Chasing Brooklyn is a story about overcoming. Schroeder has a keen eye for the small ways grief inserts itself into our lives or, more aptly, how the small ways grief inserts itself into our lives aren't so small at all. How time can just make loss more devastating and shattering. She takes Brooklyn and Nico to the lowest points of their lives and slowly brings them back towards the light and she does it without being saccharine or condescending or eye-rollingly cheesy. She does it honestly. I think there is something here for everyone. This is a book of comfort and hope. Beyond being a good story, a sweet story, and a moving story that anyone can read, I see it as a novel that will help and reach people going through these kinds of difficulties. None of us is immune to loss, after all. It is beautifully told and for all that I've said and more, I would wholeheartedly and without reservation recommend it to anyone and everyone.

PS: Chasing Brooklyn takes place in the same universe as Lisa Schroeder's other book, I Heart You, You Haunt Me. The starring characters in that novel make appearances and are mentioned here. I have not yet read IHYYHM (but I'll be correcting this soon--Lisa Schroeder gots me, I'm going to devour everything she puts out and has put out), but this did not detract from my experience (and I don't think would detract from anyone else's) at all.(less)

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May 07, 2013 Jona Romulo rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned-books, all-time-favorite, book-boyfriend

Is it possible to love every chapter, every line, and every words of a book?

Because it did happened to me...with this one.

I love everything about this book! This is my first time to read a novel written in verse. I bought this just a few days ago because of the good reviews and recommendations. Also, I was intrigued by how it was written in verse. Then, I opened it and began reading the first chapter. And I just realized that I couldn't stop reading. Wow, it actually took me only the first page....more

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Feb 06, 2010 Kristi (The Story Siren) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own

Chasing Brooklyn is told in verse. Sometimes verse works, sometimes it doesn't. Lisa Schroeder knows how to do it!

This is now my favorite novel by Lisa.

Chasing Brooklyn is such a sad yet BEAUTIFUL story! It's about loss, and letting go, but most importantly it's about hope and love.

You'd think you couldn't have strong characterization in a novel told with such few words, but wow. I found such a connection with these characters it was unbelievable. Schroeder is amazingly talented. I can't begin t...more

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Oct 07, 2011 Anna rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites, i-love-to-death, i-own, romance, young-adult, death-grieve

This is my first time to read a book that is not in paragraph, but in verses. I thought I may not like it but instead I loved it. I love the fast-pace of Chasing Brooklyn which is not so cheesy but is very real and emotionally well written. This is basically the first book I've read from Ms. Schroeder and I can say that she writes exceptionally a very good and emotional story about lost, friendship, relationships, and love.

So the story is about Brooklyn losing her boyfriend Lucca, which is Nico'...more

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Feb 14, 2012 Laura rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: verse, favorites

“How many days was I like that?
Pretending to listen, but not hearing a word?
Pretending to care when I hated it all?
Pretending to live when I was dying inside?”

Lisa Schroeder’s Chasing Brooklyn introduces readers to two hauntingly sad characters filled with pain, grief, and longing. Two characters that will stay with me each and every day. In a world that keeps go, go, going, how does one learn to survive, keep feeling, smiling, getting up and moving on after the loss of a loved one, child, broth...more “How many days was I like that?
Pretending to listen, but not hearing a word?
Pretending to care when I hated it all?
Pretending to live when I was dying inside?”

Lisa Schroeder’s Chasing Brooklyn introduces readers to two hauntingly sad characters filled with pain, grief, and longing. Two characters that will stay with me each and every day. In a world that keeps go, go, going, how does one learn to survive, keep feeling, smiling, getting up and moving on after the loss of a loved one, child, brother, best friend, or boyfriend?

Brooklyn’s boyfriend, Lucca, died a year ago, but her heart can’t let go. Now haunted with nightmares, Brooklyn must find a way out of her grief. Lucca’s brother, Nico, is still running from his pain, from a house suffocating with grief, from his own insecurities, and from his brother’s shadow and ghost. Can Nico and Brooklyn stop running, reach out, and help each other? Perhaps with a little ghostly push and assistance.

Brooklyn and Nico stole my heart! Their heartfelt story grabbed on to my heart and squeezed the hell out of it pretty much from page one! Once I opened this book, there was no putting it down until the end. With beauty and patience, readers slowly get to know both Nico and Brooklyn through their voices, humor, families, kindness, shared loss, and growing support and tenderness with each other. These two have the sweetest hearts! Nico could possess the best heart in all of YA fiction. He certainly holds my heart! I am still swooning over here! :D The boy cooks ravioli, sneaks in the sliest comments to make you smile, sings lullabies, swings in the air, and sweeps in to rescue like no other!

“It feels like I’ve lost so much, she says softly.
What have I got left?
I grab her arm and pull, just enough to get her walking.
Me, Brooklyn.
You’ve got me.”

My favorite part of this book though is the message of support and compassion. We all need help, shoulders to cry on, and people to listen, but we also have to open up, trust again, reach out to give help and get help so we can stand up on our own. I loved and admired Brooklyn’s strength and courage. And once again, Ms. Schroeder’s style, words, and grace just took my breath away. Truly an inspiring and moving reading experience from the first word to the last.

I do hope you allow Brooklyn and Nico into your hearts and souls. They might just haunt you. They will linger in my heart to remind me to reach out for support, but also to offer support to others in times of pain and darkness.

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May 04, 2013 Marianne -유진이 ☆- rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 二千十一, own, ph-simon-and-schuster, in-english, 2011

First published in 2010, Chasing Brooklyn is a companion novel to I Heart You, You Haunt Me . Events from the latter are mentioned in the former and the two protagonists from both books meet and converse briefly.

It has been a year since Brooklyn's boyfriend Lucca's death - and now his best friend Gabe has died of drug overdose. Strangely, Brooklyn starts having nightmares where Gabe chases her wherever she goes and how fast she runs. At the same time, Lucca's brother Nico is haunted by Lucca, w...more

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Jul 09, 2011 ♫ נєηη - ѕσυℓ σƒ ѕσυη∂ ♫ rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: covers-i-♥, novel

Chasing Brooklyn was at first a good book. In fact, it was beyond good. Really good. Yummy-

Just kidding. But for the first part, it was really good.

Brooklyn was being haunted by a dead boy named Gabe, who had originally killed her boyfriend Lucca in a car crash. Not long after, he died- an overdose, they say. And soon, he was haunting her in her dreams. I must say, these dreams were… vivid. It was kind of creepy, but you know what? I don’t care. Whatever. I love creepy stuff. Love it. And Brookl...more

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Apr 24, 2010 Leah rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-2010

Brooklyn can't sleep. Her boyfriend, Lucca, died a year ago and since then it's as if she's just stopped living, too. Things worsen when her friend Gabe kills himself and seems to be haunting Brooklyn in her dreams - why is he in her dreams instead of Lucca? Lucca's brother Nico can't stop running. The only time he even feels vaguely normal is when he goes running. Nico is struggling, too, as it appears that Lucca's ghost is visiting him, demanding that he help Brooklyn. As Gabe's visits into Br...more Brooklyn can't sleep. Her boyfriend, Lucca, died a year ago and since then it's as if she's just stopped living, too. Things worsen when her friend Gabe kills himself and seems to be haunting Brooklyn in her dreams - why is he in her dreams instead of Lucca? Lucca's brother Nico can't stop running. The only time he even feels vaguely normal is when he goes running. Nico is struggling, too, as it appears that Lucca's ghost is visiting him, demanding that he help Brooklyn. As Gabe's visits into Brooklyn's dreams become more frequent and Lucca's messages for Nico, too, Nico decides to reach out to Brooklyn. But how can he help her, when he can't even help himself?

I've never really heard of Lisa Schroeder before but when I saw the summary on International Book Tours, I immediately signed up as I loved the synopsis. However once I got an email telling me it was coming to me, I looked it up on Amazon to see what it was about and I learned that instead of being written like an actual book with sentences, this was a novel written in verse. This surprised me as I've never read a book written in verse and, to be honest, I was rather worried because it really didn't appeal to me. However I knew I would have to read it to provide a review so I sat down to get stuck in.

One of my main worries about reading a book written in verse was that it would, quite simply, be boring and plotless. Yes the synopsis tells us a plot of the book but how much detail can you make of a plot when each page contains 15 lines maximum? However I'm pleasantly surprised to report that the book was neither boring nor plotless. The fact that there's only 10-15 lines per page makes for an incredibly quick read. It also makes it incredibly moreish and I found myself wanting to read just one more page - up until the point that I read the whole book in one sitting. The plot is a little thin on the ground particularly since I'm not a huge believer in ghosts and people haunting you in your dreams but it moved along a quite a pace and there wasn't too much focus on the ghostly aspect.

Another worry I had was that I wouldn't fully connect to the characters and although I could manage to tell Brooklyn and Nico apart I can't really say they were fully rounded characters. The lack of description about themselves was unfortunate and I can't say that I imagined either Brooklyn nor Nico in my head as real, proper characters. The one thing that saved Brooklyn and Nico from total oblivion in my mind was the powerful emotions they're both feeling regarding the deaths of both Lucca and Gabe. I thought all of their emotions were hugely real and I did feel for both Brooklyn and Nico over what they were going through. I for one couldn't imagine anything like that happening to me and still being able to exist after it happened.

The book is told in alternating chapters - though they aren't really chapters - by both Nico and Brooklyn and I must say I enjoyed Nico's chapters more than Brooklyn's. Nico seemed more of a survivor whereas Brooklyn seemed eager to just let go. I liked how the relationship developed between Brooklyn and Nico though and it was sweet how they both tried to help each other. I can't really compare Schroeder's writing with anything as this is the first verse novel I've read but I will say that I managed to read it really quickly; the pages just fly by because there's so few words.

Overall I thought Chasing Brooklyn was a fairly decent read. It had emotion and seemed to be written beautifully. I wouldn't say that I'm a convert to verse-written books, I'd say they're more something you get used to rather than love automatically like regular books or perhaps they're more like marmite - you either love books written in verse or you hate them. I can't say I loved Chasing Brooklyn but nor did I hate it, it was really just OK. I certainly don't think I'll be buying or pre-ordering any verse-written books but if I happen to come across a cheap copy I certainly would give them another go!(less)

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Feb 01, 2010 Carla rated it 4 of 5 stars

I have never read a book that was written in verse before, in fact i've never actually come across a book like this. But, I love this writing style, it manages to stay fast paced, keeping you hooked. I read it in one sitting, like an emotional rollercoaster, at first it scared me a little, then I just sat back and enjoyed the journey. This book was amazing, and thats partly due to the writing style Lisa uses, because it manages to be emotional, touching and hard to forget.

The style of writing dr...more

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Mar 07, 2010 Lisa (A Life Bound By Books) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own

Won a copy of the ARC in a book tour, so, sadly I didn't get to keep it :o( However, I'm happy that I was able to pass such a great book on for others to read. So, here's my review:

Chasing Brooklyn was one of those stories that allowed me to feel the various emotions that the characters -Brooklyn and Nico were going through a year after a death that affected them both in very different ways. A supernatural twist to the story had ghosts to help pave the way for both Brooklyn and Nico, in what wou...more Won a copy of the ARC in a book tour, so, sadly I didn't get to keep it :o( However, I'm happy that I was able to pass such a great book on for others to read. So, here's my review:

Chasing Brooklyn was one of those stories that allowed me to feel the various emotions that the characters -Brooklyn and Nico were going through a year after a death that affected them both in very different ways. A supernatural twist to the story had ghosts to help pave the way for both Brooklyn and Nico, in what would be a quest to find a life not only worth living, but a way to live without Brooklyn's boyfriend and Nico's brother. They each had such different ways to deal with death, even after a year had passed. They might have both been still alive, but were they really living? I liked how you could feel the struggles to let go and lean on each other, to understand that they were both going through many of the same things. To be able to see both characters change and grow with the turn of each page and as more time passed in the story.

The author - Lisa has a unique writing style that at first glance made me wonder if there would be gaps or missing pieces to the story. I have to say that after reading the first few pages I knew there wouldn't be anything left out. It was a fast read that had me wanting more and fearing it would end to soon.

Written in alternating chapters from Brooklyn and Nico's journals/thoughts it gave me such an amazing insight to just what each was going through. You could feel each and every phase of grief they were feeling from one moment to the next. The struggles are true to life - often at times heartbreaking, yet at other times I found it light and fun.

I can say that Lisa has written a story that to me was emotional, powerful, and strong and filled with love. I look forward to the day when I can purchase this book and read it again. Whether you read it before it comes out or when it's released, you won't be disappointed. I can't wait to see just what she writes next.

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Mar 07, 2010 Olivia rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone!

Shelves: books-i-own, books-read-in-2010

Another tear - jerker. Geez, I'll never be able to read a Lisa Schroeder book without crying it seems. I always says this, but Lisa Schroeder is one of my all time favorite authors. Just because she writes about characters that are so believable and the grief in this book was very realistic.

Chasing Brooklyn was so beautiful and so sad, the writing style was wonderful. I love verse novels. The only other author I know that writes verse novels is Ellen Hopkins. So it's wonderful to have two great...more

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Feb 14, 2012 Gregory A rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-reads

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Dear Readers

this is my first verse book ive read, and I was like before getting into it. "this isnt a book" boy, i was wrong. this is so much better than reading a novel. its quick and gets the idea of the story across faster.

but anyway about the book. it was so inspiring and gripping to read about coping with loss and how to get over it.

the characters are loveable. Brooklyn and Nico are so amazing to read. These character never got annoying like Zoeey Redbird from the house of night. (aaaarg...more

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Mar 13, 2010 Sab H. (YA Bliss) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed-books, light-realistic-epic, verse, own, realistic-fic

I loved Chasing Brooklyn so, so much it's now one of my favorite books. I'm a big fan of verse writing, and this book is now one of the reasons why. I tend to rate books because of how much emotion they are able to convey. How much of what happens, feels like it's happening to me. Having read it one one sitting, this was an emotional roller coaster.

It is a beautiful story about grief, dealing, hope, healing, dreams, and obviously... love. The healing power of love. The characters, the plot, the...more

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Feb 15, 2011 Annette rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-2011

a very sad story, specially because I felt very identified by it... I went through something similar... a very close death... not knowing what to do or say or think...

I was sad mostly all the book... and but it also was very reassuring. I do liked it! I do recommend it :)

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Jul 19, 2009 Lisa added it · (Review from the author)

This is my third YA novel, another ghost story, told from the point of view of two characters - Brooklyn and Nico. Fans of I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME will hopefully like this one!

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Jul 23, 2012 Lisa added it

Cover: 4/5

One thing I really like about this cover, is how the girl raises her hand, and on the other side you see Lucca's (one of the boys who passed away) hand up too.

Characters-

Favorite:

My favorite characters would have to be the two main characters Brooklyn and Nico (Lucca's brother). Both of these characters lost someone, both of these characters gave been through hell for the last year, and both of these characters needed someone to lean on.

Each are dealing with their own problems; Nico wi...more

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May 20, 2013 Madison Thuma rated it 4 of 5 stars

Chasing Brookyln id quality literature, which means every page is written in a free write poem. It’s also one of New York Times Bestsellers. This book is very exciting but sad ad depressing book, but you don’t want to put it down because it’s just that good, Nico, Lucca, Brookyln, Gabe are all high school students and go to the same high school. Nico and Lucca are brother, Lucca died, Lucca is Brookyln’s boyfriend. Gabe was a beloved friend of all of them but he died to. Brookyln live with her...more

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May 06, 2013 Alyssa Wood rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: eng356

A beautiful and haunting book. It is written in free-verse which I found to be wonderful. Although you might shy away from this book because it's 400+ pages, It was an extremely quick read (only about 3.5 hours). I mainly chose this book because not only did I want something that was poetically written but the cover gave me chills. I am definitely a more edgy reader in what I like to read and the description and cover gave me a sense of edgy, creepy, love story clash and it came out so wonderful...more

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Apr 12, 2013 Kate Weber rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-want-to-own, favorites

Lisa Schroeder has done it again! She is quickly rising in the ranks to become one of my favorite authors! I had no idea that I could fall in love with poetry and verse this much. It has never been my cup of tea. Now, all I want to do are read her novels. (In fact, I plan on reading the two I haven't read yet by the middle of May.)

Chasing Brooklyn was spectacular. I hadn't known going into this book that it was a companion novel for I Heart You, You Haunt Me that I read in March. It is only loos...more

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Mar 12, 2013 Natalie Nunez rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed reading this book! Brooklyn has been through some hard things in such short amount of time. Her boyfriend Lucca has barely died last year and her mom moved away with her younger twin brothers, so she misses all of them. Gabe has died from an overdose, he was Luccas' best friend that couldn't handle his death and now Brooklyn feels very guilty for not doing much to help him cope with it. She starts to have nightmares that Gabe is chasing her but she doesn't know why. She writes t...more

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Dec 06, 2012 Alyssa Kent added it

Brooklyn is a teenage girl and her boyfriend, Lucca, dies in an accident coming home from a party with his friend Gabe. Gabe is supposed to be the driver but instead he is drunk and kills Lucca. Nico, Lucca’s brother, and Brooklyn didn’t really talk until a couple months after the death of Lucca. They talk about Lucca and they become very close. They start too work out together and they plan on doing a triathlon together, because running was Nico’s way of cooping with Lucca’s death. Gabe had so...more

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Oct 03, 2012 Anna rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorite, young-adult-fiction, own, in-my-book-journal

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Aug 11, 2012 Feerena rated it 2 of 5 stars

Kann man behaupten, ein Buch gelesen zu haben, wenn man nur das Hörbuch dazu gehört hat? Vermutlich nicht so ganz. Aber die Sprache und den Inhalt habe ich dadurch ja mitbekommen. Es ist also fast wie lesen.
Nach dem Inhalt habe ich mir das (Hör-)Buch weniger ausgesucht, eher nach den Sprechern Andreas Fröhlich und Anna Carlsson, die ihren Job beide ganz hervorragend machen (Frau Carlsson sogar fast ein bisschen besser als Herr Fröhlich - und das kommt von einem eingefleischten Andreas-Fröhlich-F...more Kann man behaupten, ein Buch gelesen zu haben, wenn man nur das Hörbuch dazu gehört hat? Vermutlich nicht so ganz. Aber die Sprache und den Inhalt habe ich dadurch ja mitbekommen. Es ist also fast wie lesen.
Nach dem Inhalt habe ich mir das (Hör-)Buch weniger ausgesucht, eher nach den Sprechern Andreas Fröhlich und Anna Carlsson, die ihren Job beide ganz hervorragend machen (Frau Carlsson sogar fast ein bisschen besser als Herr Fröhlich - und das kommt von einem eingefleischten Andreas-Fröhlich-Fan). Und wäre es nicht wegen der beiden gewesen, ich hätte von diesem Buch vermutlich nicht viel mitbekommen und es auch nicht sonderlich bereut. Die Geschichte ist gut, vielleicht sogar noch ein bisschen besser. Auch die Erzählform in diesen manchmal sehr kurzen Fragmenten hat mich überzeugt, auch wenn sich da vermutlich die Geister scheiden. Und wenn Lisa Schroeder eines schafft, dann ist es, die Trauer ihrer Protagonisten zu vermitteln. Was dann auch gleichzeitig mein Hauptkritikpunkt ist.
Wieso ruiniert man so viel Potential, indem man die Story mit pathetischem High-School-Gelaber zuklatscht? Okay, es geht um High-School-Schüler im High-School-Alter, aber das heißt doch nicht, dass man sie derart in plumper Sprache versumpfen lassen muss, und Clichés müssen ja auch nicht immer bedient werden! Nico und Brooklyn wirkten aufgrund ihrer emotionalen Intelligenz und ihrer Art, die Situation anzugehen, viel zu vernünftig auf mich, um sich so auszudrücken. Wären es ein oder zwei Stellen gewesen, in Ordnung. Aber es geht hier um Vergleiche, die entweder viel zu durchschaubar oder viel zu abstrakt sind - und so oder so sind Erklärungen von Vergleichen eine verdammt schlechte Sache. Insgesamt gab es für mich vielleicht drei, vier Momente, in denen ich dachte: Wow, okay. Das ist poetische Sprache, die angemessen und auf die Geschichte bezogen ist und dennoch eine Allgemeingültigkeit besitzt. Wenn Lisa Schroeder in manchen Sekunden weniger auf Teenie-Tränendrüsen-Ausdrucksweisen verzichtet und dafür ein wenig realistischer und karger geblieben wäre, hätte sich die Geschichte viel besser entfalten können.
Mein Tipp: Das Hörbuch lohnt sich. Eben weil den manchmal zu lieblos herunterschriebenen Worten von zwei so wunderbaren Stimmen noch ein bisschen Liebe verliehen wird.(less)

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Jul 20, 2012 Aria rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder is a beautiful, romantic and suspenseful book. After reading the sweet, heartbreaking yet also healing I Heart You, You Haunt Me debut novel by the same author, I had very high hopes for Chasing Brooklyn but sadly, I’m a little disappointed at it.

Chasing Brooklyn is like the continuation or sequel of I Heart You, You Haunt Me but told in different point of views. Instead of Ava as the main character, we follow Brooklyn as she tries...more Review can also be found here.

Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder is a beautiful, romantic and suspenseful book. After reading the sweet, heartbreaking yet also healing I Heart You, You Haunt Me debut novel by the same author, I had very high hopes for Chasing Brooklyn but sadly, I’m a little disappointed at it.

Chasing Brooklyn is like the continuation or sequel of I Heart You, You Haunt Me but told in different point of views. Instead of Ava as the main character, we follow Brooklyn as she tries to move on after Lucca, her boyfriend, passes away a year ago. To make things worse, Gabe, her friend and Lucca’s best friend dies of an overdose. He begins to haunt her although she has no idea what he wants or why Lucca isn’t visiting her dreams too.

Then, there is Nico, who is Lucca’s brother, the other main character of the book. He is always running, trying to escape from the pain of losing Lucca. But when Lucca’s ghost begins to leave messages telling him to help Brooklyn, emotions come crashing to the surface. Nico reaches out to Brooklyn after the messages become relentless. Throughout the process of trying to help Brooklyn—although Nico has no idea from what, he is also helping himself too.

Basically, Chasing Brooklyn is a book about the how two teenagers bond and heal from losing a mutual person whom they love. If you find the story of Ava and Jackson haunting, mesmerizing, beautiful…then you will find Chasing Brooklyn is also of that aspect. I also admit that I cried at some parts of Chasing Brooklyn while I read it in school—thank goodness nobody noticed though!

However, like I’ve first mentioned, I am slightly disappointed in Chasing Brooklyn because it doesn’t really say ‘new’. It’s like I Heart You, You Haunt Me (I’m not sure about Far From You as I’ve yet to read it) since the main concept is the same. Though, I like how there are two point of views in Chasing Brooklyn while I Heart You, You Haunt Me is only told in Ava’s point of view.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars.(less)

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Jul 17, 2012 Claudia rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Schroeder writes about death, but not the immediate ramifications of a death, but those long term effects. After the funeral. After friends have gone on with their lives, after others think you should 'be over it.' Her books explore hauntings and recovery and reaching out to others. They don't shy away from the real pain of recovery, and I appreciate that about her books. I know my students need to know this.

Brooklyn has lost her boyfriend; Nico lost his brother. Lucca haunts them both as they s...more

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Jul 16, 2012 DieBuchpiraten rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Das Buch ist schon allein aufgrund seines wunderschönen Coverdesigns, in schimmerndem grün/rosa
und der ungewöhnlich Größe von 14,4 x 9,4 cm ein absolutes Highlight! Noch viel wichtiger ist aber, dass
der Inhalt ein solches ist! Und JA, das ist er definitiv!

In der Geschichte geht es um Brooklyn, die Ihren Freund Lucca bei einem Autounfall verloren hat und um Nico, Luccas Bruder.
Die beiden Teenies versuchen zunächst, jeder für sich, mit dem Verlust fertig zu werden, bis Lucca eine Nachricht von s...more

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Jun 05, 2012 Marcia rated it 5 of 5 stars

Meine Meinung:
Ich kann euch gar nicht sagen wie sehr ich dieses Buch liebe. Es ist einfach nur perfekt.

Die Geschichte:
Ich liebe diese Geschichte. Ich habe die ganze Zeit über mit Brooklyn und Nico mitgefühlt. Ich fand die Geschichte sehr emotional. Ich bin sowieso ein sehr emotionaler Mensch und bei Büchern fühle ich wirklich mit, aber dieses Buch hat mich zum Weinen, aber auch zum Lachen gebracht. Wie gesagt ich lilaliebe es einfach. Ich konnte das Buch nicht mehr aus der Hand legen, es hatte m...more

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Apr 09, 2012 Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: People who have lost someone

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I actually really liked this book. I love that it was written in verse. I've been a huge fan of that ever since I started reading Ellen Hopkins' books. Although Chasing Brooklyn isn't a book that I could necessarily relate to, it was amazing anyway. I started to really like the characters and became very hopeful that they would get better and try to get back on with their lives after their loss of two wonderful people. Two people they were both really close to. I also thought that the book had w...more

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Feb 24, 2012 Janysa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Ohh dang it its the second time I have read a book out of order:(. Ohhh well.....
Anyways this book waz amazing its about a girl named Brooklyn whose boyfriend,Lucca died a year ago, and Gabe(Lucca best friend) just killed himself. So yea thats harsh. Then Lucca starts haunting his brother, Nico telling him to help Brooklyn(I know right creeping). And Brookyln is being hanted by Gabe. So Nico decides to check on Brooklyn, its kinda hard for her to open up at first but then they start talking more...more

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Hi! I'm the author of the young adult novel FALLING FOR YOU as well as the Oregon Book award finalist THE DAY BEFORE. My other YA novels include I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME, FAR FROM YOU and CHASING BROOKLYN, all published by Simon Pulse. If you've read one or more of them, thank you!

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