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From the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook comes a heartfelt and rebellious novel in the vein of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Nanette O'Hare has played the quintessential privileged star athlete and straight-A student for as long as she can remember. But when a beloved teacher gives her his worn copy of The Bubblegum Reaper--a mysterious, out-of-p ...more
Nanette O'Hare has played the quintessential privileged star athlete and straight-A student for as long as she can remember. But when a beloved teacher gives her his worn copy of The Bubblegum Reaper--a mysterious, out-of-p ...more
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April 4th 2017
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(first published May 31st 2016)
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And then one day you will look for you in the mirror and you’ll no longer be able to identify yourself - you’ll only see everyone else. You’ll know that you did what they wanted you to do. You will have assimilated. And you will hate yourself for it, because it will be too late.
This was exactly what I needed to read right now. As a fan of Quick's other novels, this book feels both comfortingly familiar, but also different in many ways. Nanette O'Hare is the kind of misfit we would expect fro ...more
“Just because you’re good at something doesn’t mean you have to do it.”
This tale follows star athlete and straight-A student Nanette O’Hare. Nanette has played the role of dutiful daughter for as long as she can remember. But one day, a beloved teacher gives her his worn copy of The Bubblegum Reaper—a mysterious, out-of-print cult classic—and the rebel within Nanette awakens.
This review contains *spoilers*.
The whole premise of a book within a book captured my attention from the start.
“The Bubble ...more
This tale follows star athlete and straight-A student Nanette O’Hare. Nanette has played the role of dutiful daughter for as long as she can remember. But one day, a beloved teacher gives her his worn copy of The Bubblegum Reaper—a mysterious, out-of-print cult classic—and the rebel within Nanette awakens.
This review contains *spoilers*.
The whole premise of a book within a book captured my attention from the start.
“The Bubble ...more
Dec 28, 2015
Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin
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it was amazing
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I figured this book would make me cry and it surely did, thank you book.
I loved so many characters in the book, Nanette, Oliver, Alex, Booker (even though he had his moments), Nanette's parents, Officer Damon. The book is sad and good and just everything.
Nanette is a hotshot soccer player at her high school. One day her teacher gives her a book to read, "The Bubblegum Reaper." After reading the book, Nanette is not satisfied with the endi ...more
I figured this book would make me cry and it surely did, thank you book.
I loved so many characters in the book, Nanette, Oliver, Alex, Booker (even though he had his moments), Nanette's parents, Officer Damon. The book is sad and good and just everything.
Nanette is a hotshot soccer player at her high school. One day her teacher gives her a book to read, "The Bubblegum Reaper." After reading the book, Nanette is not satisfied with the endi ...more
This one is tough to rate. I liked the writing, but that is about it. The tone is so cynical and melodramatic it is almost painful to read. I can see this one between 2 and 3 stars, but part of me thinks that is too low, and part of me thinks it is too high.
Now, I am almost 40 and this book is about high school, so right away you might say, "Matthew, you can't relate!" But, I can, because I was there once: depressed over the smallest things, picked on, stressed out, writing dramatic poetry, str ...more
Now, I am almost 40 and this book is about high school, so right away you might say, "Matthew, you can't relate!" But, I can, because I was there once: depressed over the smallest things, picked on, stressed out, writing dramatic poetry, str ...more
You could say this is a standard Matthew Quick book. Misfits are his specialty. Yet, even though the subjects matter of the story are well-trodden (by Quick himself too) - bullying, loneliness, depression, obsession with a work of literature - Nanette's experiences affected me. Maybe because Quick touches here upon something that YA doesn't explore enough - the very real challenges of being an introvert in an extrovert-dominated world.
Because Nanette's problems are so peculiar to her closed-off ...more
Because Nanette's problems are so peculiar to her closed-off ...more
Matthew Quick is the cult leader of misfits and weirdo's.
Like me.
He speaks to us on a personal level and he just knows where it hurts, where it suffers, and he uses it to abuse us with his lyrical words. To hurt more, to make us suffer more, but for some reason, he is a healer as well.
He makes us accept our true being and wants us to fight for it.
Every Exquisite Thing begins so beautiful with Quick's poignant outlook on society and individuals.
The main narrator, Nanette, is very likable, and w ...more
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“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
What did I think about this???? Hmmmmmmm . . . . .
Honestly I’m still not quite sure and since none of my friends have read it yet I don’t have anyone confirming I (once again) read something wrong so I’m going to leave myself planted firmly in the middle of the road.
Every Exquisite Thing is the story of Nanette, an average teen who has always done the rig ...more
“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
What did I think about this???? Hmmmmmmm . . . . .
Honestly I’m still not quite sure and since none of my friends have read it yet I don’t have anyone confirming I (once again) read something wrong so I’m going to leave myself planted firmly in the middle of the road.
Every Exquisite Thing is the story of Nanette, an average teen who has always done the rig ...more
O Dia da Rebelião
Nanette é uma ótima estudante e uma atleta exímia.
É uma Winner! Uma Campeã!... Uma Solitária:☹️
Na conquista da tão almejada etiqueta social, foi encaminhada por outros que não ela, e... no processo... a sua identidade foi relegada. Assaltava-a uma incómoda solidão acompanhada — os outros eram pouco mais que mapas que a levavam para locais indesejáveis!
“Sabia que era privilegiada, mas de que servia isso se não podia fazer as minhas próprias escolhas? Seria um privilégio sentir- ...more
Nanette é uma ótima estudante e uma atleta exímia.
É uma Winner! Uma Campeã!... Uma Solitária:☹️
Na conquista da tão almejada etiqueta social, foi encaminhada por outros que não ela, e... no processo... a sua identidade foi relegada. Assaltava-a uma incómoda solidão acompanhada — os outros eram pouco mais que mapas que a levavam para locais indesejáveis!
“Sabia que era privilegiada, mas de que servia isso se não podia fazer as minhas próprias escolhas? Seria um privilégio sentir- ...more
Confession time: I hated Nanette. She was a pretentious snob who looked down on everyone and anyone, and had no real criteria to go on. I can see from all the 4 and 5 star reviews that I'm very much in the minority with this, but I just couldn't do it. I tried to be profound and insightful like Nanette, but then I kept snorting with laughter at that and couldn't do it properly.
Here's why: Nanette's an idiot because she asks ridiculously stupid questions all the time. She's a snob because she thi ...more
Here's why: Nanette's an idiot because she asks ridiculously stupid questions all the time. She's a snob because she thi ...more
"Every Exquisite Thing" by Matthew Quick is a beautifully written coming-of-age novel. I really loved the protagonist, Nanette O'Hare. She was relatable, I wanted to be her friend! I used to feel the way Nanette felt when I was in high school - lost, confused, angry, indifferent, serious, and withdrawn. Heck, I still feel all those mixed-up emotions even now (I'm in my mid-30s)! That's what makes this novel so well...exquisite! It doesn't matter what age you are, feeling like outsider is part of
...more
I feel kind of terrible for rating this book low. But despite how short it is, I was really bored and found it particularly bland:
- The main character has almost no personality. She's also very stuck-up
- The romance is bland. Terrible. Boring. Unnecessary
- Look, I get the message the author is trying to tell us — about how sometimes you just feel like quitting and there's no shame in doing so (and a few other things that I've conveniently forgotten) — but the issues that the MC is facing doesn't ...more
- The main character has almost no personality. She's also very stuck-up
- The romance is bland. Terrible. Boring. Unnecessary
- Look, I get the message the author is trying to tell us — about how sometimes you just feel like quitting and there's no shame in doing so (and a few other things that I've conveniently forgotten) — but the issues that the MC is facing doesn't ...more
THE REVIEW
Why this book?
I had it on my tbr list for awhile
What I thought
All i'm gonna say is the whole talking in the 3rd person thing was just annoying. Also Ruining the prom and her graduation for her boyfriend and Parents and being downright selfish totally ruined the book for me. I just hated Nanette, her personality was just horrible. I only read it all because it was a quick read. ...more
Why this book?
I had it on my tbr list for awhile
What I thought
All i'm gonna say is the whole talking in the 3rd person thing was just annoying. Also Ruining the prom and her graduation for her boyfriend and Parents and being downright selfish totally ruined the book for me. I just hated Nanette, her personality was just horrible. I only read it all because it was a quick read. ...more
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Every Exquisite Thing started off well enough. I would say that I enjoyed about the first third of the book. Then things began to fizzle and I was unable to recover my interest. I considered DNF'ing it but 1) I've already DNF'd two books this month 2) it was a fast enough read that I didn't feel I was wasting too much time 3) I held a glimmer of hope that the ending would blow me away.
I though the premise of the book was a good one - t ...more
Every Exquisite Thing started off well enough. I would say that I enjoyed about the first third of the book. Then things began to fizzle and I was unable to recover my interest. I considered DNF'ing it but 1) I've already DNF'd two books this month 2) it was a fast enough read that I didn't feel I was wasting too much time 3) I held a glimmer of hope that the ending would blow me away.
I though the premise of the book was a good one - t ...more
The Social Carnival
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment”
She’s a great athlete!
She’s a fabulous student!
She’s a dutiful daughter!
When all she ever wanted was being herself!...
Everyone else looks at her as a winner, but it’s the image of a loser she sees reflected in her mirror!
Gosh!... How manny of us have been involved (still are?!) in this Social Carnival?!...
As social beings, society is constantly manipulating us into b ...more
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment”
She’s a great athlete!
She’s a fabulous student!
She’s a dutiful daughter!
When all she ever wanted was being herself!...
Everyone else looks at her as a winner, but it’s the image of a loser she sees reflected in her mirror!
Gosh!... How manny of us have been involved (still are?!) in this Social Carnival?!...
As social beings, society is constantly manipulating us into b ...more
The BB Dilemma
This story starts with a book inside a book: Nanette, the main character of this plot, is reading a book about a boy named Wrigley, who is always munching chiclets and talking about giving up. Giving up of what, is something Nanette couldn’t figure out yet, but that doesn’t prevent her from turning the next pages, to find out a bit more about Wrigley:
It happens that Wrigley is in love with a girl who has a twin. It all started the moment he saw that girl confiding all her problems ...more
This story starts with a book inside a book: Nanette, the main character of this plot, is reading a book about a boy named Wrigley, who is always munching chiclets and talking about giving up. Giving up of what, is something Nanette couldn’t figure out yet, but that doesn’t prevent her from turning the next pages, to find out a bit more about Wrigley:
It happens that Wrigley is in love with a girl who has a twin. It all started the moment he saw that girl confiding all her problems ...more
May 03, 2016
Eva • All Books Considered
rated it
it was amazing
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All Books Considered: 5 STARS
I am so mad at myself for waiting so long to read something by Matthew Quick! I need to immediately read Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and The Good Luck of Right Now, both of which have been sitting on my kindle for awhile because I loved this book, his latest, so much! I seriously think there are probably no two books that speak more to me and how I felt when when I was a teenager than Things I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally and Ever ...more
I am so mad at myself for waiting so long to read something by Matthew Quick! I need to immediately read Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and The Good Luck of Right Now, both of which have been sitting on my kindle for awhile because I loved this book, his latest, so much! I seriously think there are probably no two books that speak more to me and how I felt when when I was a teenager than Things I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally and Ever ...more
There’s something about Matthew Quick’s writing that just speaks to me. Wow, I sound so dramatic but honestly, it’s like he understands and knows how to explain “confusion.”
I know a lot of people would dislike this book and I can totally understand why. Nanette is a confused teenager nearing her final months of school and she is absolutely lost. But at times she comes off as stuck-up and ungrateful and hella melodramatic.
Yet, I relate to her so much.
I feel like this coming of age novel is t ...more
Apr 16, 2018
Vee
rated it
did not like it
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HI I'M A FEMINIST AND I THINK THIS BOOK IS ABSOLUTE TRASH SO IF YOU RATED THIS HIGHER THAN A THREE PLEASE DO US ALL A FAVOUR AND CLICK AWAY NOW.
I hated this book so much that it's not even getting a place on my blog because there is no way I'm carefully writing paragraphs about this stinking heap of cow pats okay
At first I though that the main character was male because it's been a while since I read the blurb and then it turned out she was female and I needed a moment. Also she forms two uncomf ...more
I hated this book so much that it's not even getting a place on my blog because there is no way I'm carefully writing paragraphs about this stinking heap of cow pats okay
At first I though that the main character was male because it's been a while since I read the blurb and then it turned out she was female and I needed a moment. Also she forms two uncomf ...more
I was on quite a roll this year—I hadn't read a single book I hadn't liked. Then, of course, I eventually came across the quintessential "oh so very special white girl who has everything but is still discontent" book. I liked Silver Lining Playbook. I liked Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock. I don't know what Matthew Quick was going for with this book, but he missed the mark with me.
This felt like a desperate attempt at guessing what a teenage girl might sound like if you'd chatted with one over break ...more
This felt like a desperate attempt at guessing what a teenage girl might sound like if you'd chatted with one over break ...more
immensely strange, wholly unsatisfying, and simply unputdownable
to try to sum this book up in a simple synopsis would be reductive, so i'm not going to attempt it. but i will say that it's a book about a girl navigating through her last year of high school and trying to figure out what kind of person she wants to be.
through her interactions with the other characters in the book, nanette discovers pretty interesting things. and that's where this book resonated with me. there are so many little ...more
to try to sum this book up in a simple synopsis would be reductive, so i'm not going to attempt it. but i will say that it's a book about a girl navigating through her last year of high school and trying to figure out what kind of person she wants to be.
through her interactions with the other characters in the book, nanette discovers pretty interesting things. and that's where this book resonated with me. there are so many little ...more
I received a copy of this book through NetGalley
THIS BOOK WAS EVERYTHING!
Every Exquisite Thing is populated with the most dynamic characters who at one point or another, encapsulate every raw emotion you can think of.
I really loved Nanette as a main character and thought her navigation of her high school years in the wake of reading The Bubblegum Reaper (which I totally want a copy of) was brilliant. Her interactions with the other characters, particularly Alex, were weird and wonderful and I f ...more
THIS BOOK WAS EVERYTHING!
Every Exquisite Thing is populated with the most dynamic characters who at one point or another, encapsulate every raw emotion you can think of.
I really loved Nanette as a main character and thought her navigation of her high school years in the wake of reading The Bubblegum Reaper (which I totally want a copy of) was brilliant. Her interactions with the other characters, particularly Alex, were weird and wonderful and I f ...more
Jun 04, 2015
Peach
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liked it
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Disappointing to the highest degree.
Okay, not true. Silver Linings Playbook is one of my favorite movies and Love May Fail, which is allegedly becoming a movie, and SLP have been on my reading wishlist forever, but I was expecting something more.
Nanette O'Hare - which honestly sounds like the name of a rabbit - receives a worn, torn copy of The Bubblegum Reaper from her beloved teacher, Mr. Graves. She finishes it in one day and demands he tell her more. After he is unable to - hence, the open ...more
Okay, not true. Silver Linings Playbook is one of my favorite movies and Love May Fail, which is allegedly becoming a movie, and SLP have been on my reading wishlist forever, but I was expecting something more.
Nanette O'Hare - which honestly sounds like the name of a rabbit - receives a worn, torn copy of The Bubblegum Reaper from her beloved teacher, Mr. Graves. She finishes it in one day and demands he tell her more. After he is unable to - hence, the open ...more
Plot - 18/20- The plot was great. I love how it jumped all over the place. I love the message it brought.
Characters - 18/20- Were SO FUN. I loved meeting each of the new characters in her life. Quick is stunning at writing them. They're so real. There's nothing fake about them, it just makes me happy, like I've made 10 new friends.
Creativity - 17/20- Everything about the Bubblegum Reaper! The way Quick went about the story was defiantly new and entertaining. I didn't know what to expect.
Writing ...more
Characters - 18/20- Were SO FUN. I loved meeting each of the new characters in her life. Quick is stunning at writing them. They're so real. There's nothing fake about them, it just makes me happy, like I've made 10 new friends.
Creativity - 17/20- Everything about the Bubblegum Reaper! The way Quick went about the story was defiantly new and entertaining. I didn't know what to expect.
Writing ...more
This was heart-breaking and funny. Reminded me of Jennifer Niven's book which covered similar themes.
...more
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Jun 09, 2016
madandelion [hiatus 160420]
rated it
really liked it
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I feel like I'm giving every good book I come across 5 stars these days because I'm hardly finding any that I want to really get into. But this was exactly the book I needed right now. Gravely. So it earned the privilege of getting 5 stars.
“Well, there’s the type of person who says there are certain types of people and then tries to be one type or the other. And then there are others who say bananas to the whole concept of types and won’t allow themselves to be filed neatly away under some so...more
"People enter our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime."♡
"NOOR LOVED IT!";) Perfect for a summer read yet so deeply life-changing it's insane! So far honestly I think this is the best Matthew Quick book! READ IT!!! ...more
"NOOR LOVED IT!";) Perfect for a summer read yet so deeply life-changing it's insane! So far honestly I think this is the best Matthew Quick book! READ IT!!! ...more
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interesting plot, lot of unique elements, but there was a lot of unneeded content in here
My first thought when reading about The Bubblegum Reaper was “Ok, that was weird.” I didn't get any Buddhist, or minimalist, or existentialist, or even nihilist implications from the Wrigley story and I hoped I wasn't supposed to.
Soon I learned that Wrigley’s story is supposed to be “weird,” and that "weird" is a compliment in the world of this book: Mr. Graves and Nanette are "weirdos" and Mr. Graves says "all great writers were 'weirdos,' too--that our best artists, musicians, and thinkers we ...more
Soon I learned that Wrigley’s story is supposed to be “weird,” and that "weird" is a compliment in the world of this book: Mr. Graves and Nanette are "weirdos" and Mr. Graves says "all great writers were 'weirdos,' too--that our best artists, musicians, and thinkers we ...more
قضیه اینه... قرار نیست همه مثل هم باشن... و مهم تر اینکه قراره بعضیا یه چند درجه متفاوتتر از بقیه باشن... و این تفاوت اصلا به معنی خوب بودن یا بد بودن نیست... مثل اینه که یکی ماهی باشه و یکی دیگه پرنده... پرنده بدون هوا میمیره... ماهی بدون آب...
وقتی با دیگران فرق دارین... وقتی از چیزایی که همه لذت میبرن لذت نمیبرین... و اگه دارین همچنان با این آدما ادامه میدین... انگار دارین دائما ادای یکی دیگه رو درمیارین... و این یعنی خودتون نیستین... مسئله اینجاست که این تحمل کردن یه حدی داره... به یه جایی م ...more
وقتی با دیگران فرق دارین... وقتی از چیزایی که همه لذت میبرن لذت نمیبرین... و اگه دارین همچنان با این آدما ادامه میدین... انگار دارین دائما ادای یکی دیگه رو درمیارین... و این یعنی خودتون نیستین... مسئله اینجاست که این تحمل کردن یه حدی داره... به یه جایی م ...more
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