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Get Well Soon
(Anna Bloom #1)
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Anna Bloom is depressed—so depressed that her parents have committed her to a mental hospital with a bunch of other messed-up teens. Here she meets a roommate with a secret (and a plastic baby), a doctor who focuses way too much on her weight, and a cute, shy boy who just might like her.
But wait! Being trapped in a loony bin isn’t supposed to be about making friends, losin ...more
But wait! Being trapped in a loony bin isn’t supposed to be about making friends, losin ...more
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If I could give this book zero stars, I would. I couldn't even finish it.
Get Well Soon is supposed to be about a young teenager's struggles with depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Instead it makes a mockery of real life problems people have. From the tag line on the cover ("Who says depression has to be depressing?") to Anna Bloom's psychiatrist telling her that her not eating was good because she could afford to lose a few pounds it's very clear that this is a complete joke.
Besides t ...more
Get Well Soon is supposed to be about a young teenager's struggles with depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Instead it makes a mockery of real life problems people have. From the tag line on the cover ("Who says depression has to be depressing?") to Anna Bloom's psychiatrist telling her that her not eating was good because she could afford to lose a few pounds it's very clear that this is a complete joke.
Besides t ...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
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
May 04, 2008
Jennifer Wardrip
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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
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
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
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This has to be one of the worst books I've ever read! My review is based on my own personal experiences with my own mental health issues, and those around me.
Get Well Soon follows Anna Bloom, a 15-year old girl who has been placed in a facility after her parents believe she is depressed. The novel chronicles her stay in the facility, told in letter format to her best friend.
What follows is an offensive, unfunny, annoying and harmful story about a cast of characters with mental illness, and how ...more
I mean...good premise. I think there should be more books like this, dealing with the "taboo" of mental illness and mental institutions, and I really liked the narrator's voice--witty and humorous, with just a touch of typical teenage drama. It was a fun, easy, quick read, and all the characters Anna encounters are great. ("Great" used because I can't really think of a more positive truthful adjective...) I just don't think it was a very realistic portrayal of depression. At all. Anna cries a lo
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DNF @ pg. 55
I started this book because I wanted to read something I could breeze through. Get Well Soon promised to quick, easy, and funny. Sadly however, was none of those things. I was really struggling to finish this when I realized I never would; so I gave up and DNF'd it. There was no way I was going to finish this book.
The main problem I had was with the writing. I was surprised that this was considered a young adult novel, it felt a lot more like a middle grade, and not necessarily in a ...more
I started this book because I wanted to read something I could breeze through. Get Well Soon promised to quick, easy, and funny. Sadly however, was none of those things. I was really struggling to finish this when I realized I never would; so I gave up and DNF'd it. There was no way I was going to finish this book.
The main problem I had was with the writing. I was surprised that this was considered a young adult novel, it felt a lot more like a middle grade, and not necessarily in a ...more
EDIT: I didn't think this was a bad book, but there's no way in hell I'm supporting the author. She'd probably call me a "beyotch" or "dumb as fuck" for writing a short, negative review. Her words, not mine.
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Matt O was cool, love interest Justin was a bit bland though. The book started out kinda slow but it got better in the middle. It fizzed out in the end though and the narrators voice changed completely. I thought ...more
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Matt O was cool, love interest Justin was a bit bland though. The book started out kinda slow but it got better in the middle. It fizzed out in the end though and the narrators voice changed completely. I thought ...more
Jun 14, 2011
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3.5 stars, it was good, but not quite 4 star worthy.
Get Well Soon is about Anna, just your average girl who, at her own admission, is fat and depressed. She's no stranger to to panic attacks, bouts of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (in Anna's words - TMI!) and as a result, refused to attend school. After being sent away to a "mental hospital" which she lovingly nicknames "Lake Shit", she comes to the realisation that she is stuck and hasn't a clue how to function in the "real world". When Anna arrives ...more
Get Well Soon is about Anna, just your average girl who, at her own admission, is fat and depressed. She's no stranger to to panic attacks, bouts of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (in Anna's words - TMI!) and as a result, refused to attend school. After being sent away to a "mental hospital" which she lovingly nicknames "Lake Shit", she comes to the realisation that she is stuck and hasn't a clue how to function in the "real world". When Anna arrives ...more
DNF at 25%
I was planning on finishing this damn book since it's only 193 pages, but the main character was too annoying and too bitchy for me to even want to continue this book...
So this book tells the story of Anna, who is sent to a mental hospital by her parents for extreme anxiety. When I fist started reading this book I thought the premise was interesting, since it's being told by Anna in letters to her friend Tracy, but Anna is bitchy and whiny and the whole first half is just her having a ...more
I was planning on finishing this damn book since it's only 193 pages, but the main character was too annoying and too bitchy for me to even want to continue this book...
So this book tells the story of Anna, who is sent to a mental hospital by her parents for extreme anxiety. When I fist started reading this book I thought the premise was interesting, since it's being told by Anna in letters to her friend Tracy, but Anna is bitchy and whiny and the whole first half is just her having a ...more
I liked this book, I swear. I actually laughed quite a bit, when Anna was talking about the facility she was in. Totally made me flashback to my own in-patient stints. Anna was really honest, and I really appreciated the growth she experienced, but I feel like she was maybe a little too angsty for me. Don't get me wrong. I understood that she was supposed to be angsty, but I have my limits when it comes to that. Neither here, nor there, I am still curious to see what happened to her, and will mo
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Wow!! If it wasn't for my exams I would've had finished it in an hour!
This book was brilliant! It was just so funny and I have no idea how the author managed to make jokes out of situations which one would regard as 'serious'
I loved Anna! She's sweet,witty,hilarious and what not. And the way she writes these letters it makes you feel like you're the best friend she's talking to (not really though because not most people have their best friends locked up in a mental hospital but still)
Yeah okay ...more
This book was brilliant! It was just so funny and I have no idea how the author managed to make jokes out of situations which one would regard as 'serious'
I loved Anna! She's sweet,witty,hilarious and what not. And the way she writes these letters it makes you feel like you're the best friend she's talking to (not really though because not most people have their best friends locked up in a mental hospital but still)
Yeah okay ...more
I thought this book was ok. Anna, the main character is writing to her friend from a mental hospital so the book is written in letter form. She is very self-conscious and dealt with depression/suicidal thoughts. This is a short book, 193 pages, and I don't know how Julie Halpern managed to make a serious topic funny, but she did it.
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This was one fun book.
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 to s
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This book has been really popular in my Middle School library for the last several years, so I grabbed it to read over winter break. I figured a story about a teenage girl struggling with mental illness and meeting a bunch of interesting characters during treatment was right up my alley.
Unfortunately, Get Well Soon pales in comparison to other books with similar themes that I've read and enjoyed (Clean, It's Kind of a Funny Story, and The Memory of Light come to mind, in particular). Mental illn ...more
Unfortunately, Get Well Soon pales in comparison to other books with similar themes that I've read and enjoyed (Clean, It's Kind of a Funny Story, and The Memory of Light come to mind, in particular). Mental illn ...more
Dec 23, 2011
Najiha Mazlan
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it was amazing
Recommends it for:
All teenage girls!!!
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my gd taste:P
Oy.
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
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
I picked this book up on Libby, an audiobook app, so if there are any misspelled names please forgive me.
Let's start off by saying, I was hospitalized as a young teen. I was in-patient when I was 13 and out-patient at 16. I feel that gives me a good idea of how it works when reading this book.
This book comes off as a straight up comedy.
The main character has small moments of being familiar (wanting MY clothes and feeling weird in the hospital scrubs) but then there were things that felt like ...more
Let's start off by saying, I was hospitalized as a young teen. I was in-patient when I was 13 and out-patient at 16. I feel that gives me a good idea of how it works when reading this book.
This book comes off as a straight up comedy.
The main character has small moments of being familiar (wanting MY clothes and feeling weird in the hospital scrubs) but then there were things that felt like ...more
Nov 11, 2018
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I really liked this book because it gave a view of a person who wasn't the same as everyone else, and had a very different view on being in a mental institute.
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Read a little better than half of this but don't really care how it ends. Anna is a chatty teen struggling with depression and panic attacks, recovering from suicidal inclinations in a psychiatric hospital staffed by some of the meanest and least-compassionate people available. I can't tell if this is meant as caricature or how Halpern saw the staff in her own experiences (filtered through teen eyes).
But really, I wasn't all that interested in how it turned out. for better portrayals of teens d ...more
But really, I wasn't all that interested in how it turned out. for better portrayals of teens d ...more
Get well soon was an pretty good book. Its about a girl and she wakes up in a mental hospital and she doesn't know why she's there. during the time when she's at the mental hospital she has a crush and on her last day at the mental hospital they go on a field trip and the girl and her crush kiss, and I thought it was really sweet because she had been trying to get the kiss for a long time and she finally got it. I recommend this book to a lot of people.
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How lovely and hilarious.
It talks about Anna and her experience inside the mental hospital through litters she wrote for her best friend.
It was a fluffy light and funny read. The narrator in the audiobook did an awesome job really.
I enjoyed it sooo much that I am motivated to read more by this author.
5 definite stars fir the author and the narrator.
It talks about Anna and her experience inside the mental hospital through litters she wrote for her best friend.
It was a fluffy light and funny read. The narrator in the audiobook did an awesome job really.
I enjoyed it sooo much that I am motivated to read more by this author.
5 definite stars fir the author and the narrator.
I didn't like this book much at all.. Some girl goes to a mental hospital, falls in love, ect ect. It's pretty cliche if you're asking me.. It was like reading from the perspective of a goth 12 year old (who knew too much about sex).
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Really good , can't wait to read number 2 x
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Being locked up in a building that restricts you from talking, any human interaction, and even smiling seems like torture to most people. In fact, it did to Anna once her parents abruptly sent her to a Lakeland, a mental hospital, due to her depression. Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern follows the 21 days Anna was in Lakeland. Anna was experiencing severe panic attacks due to her insecurity over her weight and “these panic attacks are the reasons why I’m [Anna] never in class [school] anymore” (5
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Mar 26, 2019
Faith Wisniewski
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Book title: Get Well Soon
Personal Response: Personally I really liked this book. It was hilarious but yet out of the box. The author used very good vocabulary when writing this book. She was very descriptive and I got a very good picture in my head of what the setting was like and how the main character felt.
Summary: Get Well Soon is a book about a young mentally ill girl named Anna. Anna does not think there is anything wrong with her. SHe said that she just feels sad som ...more
Book title: Get Well Soon
Personal Response: Personally I really liked this book. It was hilarious but yet out of the box. The author used very good vocabulary when writing this book. She was very descriptive and I got a very good picture in my head of what the setting was like and how the main character felt.
Summary: Get Well Soon is a book about a young mentally ill girl named Anna. Anna does not think there is anything wrong with her. SHe said that she just feels sad som ...more
All this book has done is want me reading more I want to know what happens to the teens Matt O, Justin and Sandy. As well as Anna does don't want to give ending away but I just want to know she is ok.
That hospital if it's really needs reporting it certainly does nothing for the teen there I mean look at this conversation between Anna and her doctor
The first thing I did when he closed the office door was start crying and begging him to let me call my parents. “Shut up, and stop being such a bab ...more
That hospital if it's really needs reporting it certainly does nothing for the teen there I mean look at this conversation between Anna and her doctor
The first thing I did when he closed the office door was start crying and begging him to let me call my parents. “Shut up, and stop being such a bab ...more
I really didn't like this book tbh. I thought it would be a bit like the perks of being a wallflower or it's kind of a funny story but it was really just very lame. The main character Anna got on my nerves constantly. I understand that she's only 16 (i think) but that doesn't mean she had to be this annoying. There was also a lot of problematic shit in here. Anna herself has weight issues and considers herself fat. All the other characters call her 'juicy'..., I'm not kidding. And she is very an
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Oct 15, 2018
Angelina Loschiavo
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Personal Response: I gave this book 5 out of 5 because Get Well Soon was a good book. This book was good because it was something new for me to read. This book made me realized that life should be appreciated because it is good.
Plot: Get Well Soon started out with a girl named Anna. Anna was in a mental hospital because her parents couldn’t help her with her depression. Anna would try to not go to school and would eat her emotions. Anna’s first day in the mental hospital was not so good beca ...more
Plot: Get Well Soon started out with a girl named Anna. Anna was in a mental hospital because her parents couldn’t help her with her depression. Anna would try to not go to school and would eat her emotions. Anna’s first day in the mental hospital was not so good beca ...more
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JULIE HALPERN is the author of five young adult novels and one picture book for young readers. Maternity Leave is her first novel for adults. Prior to her life as full-time mom and author, Julie was a school librarian. In her imaginary spare time, she enjoys traveling, watching television for grown-ups, and eating baked goods. Julie lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, author and illustr
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