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Dec 09, 2014 Krissy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: pgs-300-399, mm-geek-nerd-shy-awkward, i-want-to-stab-her-with-a-spork, mm-virginal-mc, lgbtq, read-before-2015

3.5 Stars. It took me a while to get used to the writing style and Noah's spastic thought process but once I did I fell in love with him (not so much with Jude) and really got into the story. I wasn't happy with the way the author wrapped up the relationships at the end (both Noah's and Jude's). A little more detail and closure would have been nice. I think an epilogue would have settled that nicely. ...more

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Aug 09, 2015 Isabel Jazmín rated it it was amazing

Había visto reseñas de este libro por todos lados, pero de alguna manera logré llegar a él sin saber de qué se trataba. Al principio me molestó un poco que se dividiera en dos tiempos pero conforme avanzo la historia, me pareció un buen recurso para crear el suspenso.

Jude es la hermana mayor (por algunas horas) y por eso trata de cuidar a Noah pero se le sale de las manos en algún momento. Después de un suceso que les cambia la vida a los dos, vivirán con culpa pero seremos testigos de cómo la ...more

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Sep 11, 2023 Joanna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, audiobooks, low-lexile, 2023-read, rws-2023-fall

This is why I still read YA literature. I loved these characters. I loved the description of neuro-atypical thought in ways that really put me in the character's head instead of as an outside observer. I loved the idea of artistic images that sprang up in a character's mind so vividly they felt real--emotions expressed as hair turning to snakes, coiling around; girls as hornets buzzing. I can see why some people hated this book. But I loved it.

I loved that this book had difficult issues, but was ...more

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