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More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Savagely beautiful and painfully moving. Silvera shows little mercy to his characters and his readers while he guides them on this sad quest for happiness.

How can so much love shed so many tears?

The best debut possible!

I won’t forget you.

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What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


OMG

I need to pull myself together first. This book is a bomb, and it blasted me in all directions! Bursting with emotions, it kept me glued to its pages, feeding my new addiction.

Honestly, I don't remember when one book made me want to intervene and get actively involved in its story! Page after page it sucked me into the vortex of twists and turns, the irresistible lure of New York City, and two teenage boys who are too cute and too unfit to handle their affairs. And for that alone, for that crazy need to materialize myself in their imaginary and yet so realistic world and help them fix things, it deserves my respect and praise.

Arthur and Ben and Ben and Arthur are charming, but it would be unfair not to also give credit to their friends, parents and colleagues who made them as they are, and especially Dylan who almost stole the show!

This is a love story you must love! I can only thank the universe for this book and its authors Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera, in case you still don't know who they are.

On a side note, What If It's Us has a huge potential for a great movie with lots of smiles, grins and tears! I can't wait!

BJ
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They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


What would you do if you got a call telling you you’d die today? You have less than twenty-four hours to say goodbye to everyone you love and decide how you’ll spend your remaining hours, or, maybe even minutes.

They Both Die at the End is an amazing human story about Mateo and Rufus, two teenage boys and total strangers who met through an app to spend their last day together as Last Friends. It is the story that sticks to us like the strongest glue as we watch their relationship develop in a shocking speed toward the final countdown and ultimate end.

Adam Silvera is one of a few authors today who has the knowledge and power to play with our hearts and emotions with the ease of a child playing with its toys. He does it gentle, caring, but he goes all the way until he dries our eyes from tears.

His stories will shake our insides and awake our strongest and deepest feelings and emotions, making us feel so alive. His novel They Both Die at the End is no exception. It is a masterpiece of sadness and glorified humanity.

BJ
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