Madeline Whittier is allergic to the outside world. So allergic, in fact, that she has never left the house in all of her seventeen years. But when Olly moves in next door, and wants to talk to Maddie, tiny holes start to appear in the protective bubble her mother has built around her. Olly writes his IM address on a piece of paper, shows it at her window, and suddenly, a door opens. But does Maddie dare to step outside her comfort zone?
Everything, Everything is about the thrill and heartbreak that happens when we break out of our shell to do crazy, sometimes death-defying things for love.
This is the time when someone beats me with something on the head, for being a fool and just now reading this book, especially considering that it has been sitting on my shelf for more than a month… THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD!
First of all, let me tell you, I loved this book visually. Not only is the cover one of the most beautiful things in my shelf, but the inside of the book is just as amazing. The narration is a mix of short prose chapters, IM conversations, drawing, definitions, short book reviews, charts, recipes, …, it’s just visually amazing. Which makes this book a super fast read.
Then Yoon’s writing is just amazing, beyond words, it’s simple, direct and whimsical all at once. And Madeline and Olly are two of the cutest teens I’ve ever came across in books. And them together? CUTENESS OVERLOAD!
I adored the story and the plot, it was endearing, heart breaking, heart wrenching and hopeful, and I laughed and cried, and then cried some more… most of the laughing was until 50% of the book, everything is more or less ok until then… I loved seeing the romance between Maddy and Olly developing, against all odds, and how they were willing to make it work, even if it meant staying at different sides of the room and not touching (though that didn’t last long).
The character growth was mind blowing, and not only for Madeline, who’s been stuck inside all her life, but also for Olly, who finally stands ups for the well being of himself and his family.
When Maddy makes her decision, my heart gave out a little, I was happy to see her take control of her life, but I was so scared for her, and I was only thinking that if something happened to her, Olly wouldn’t be able to forgive himself. And Olly, oh my, he’s as swoon-worthy as they come.
I was happy with the plot twist (yeah, there’s a plot twist), actually, I had an epiphany out of the blue at 2 a.m. (almost sleeping), when I was in the middle of the book, and I tweeted Cátia @The Girl Who Read Too Much to expose my theory and it turned out to be correct (not that she confirmed it to me or anything, she was adamant not to give away any spoiler…)!!! And I liked the ending, although I could have used a couple more chapters to be totally satisfied.
To sum it up, I loved loved loved this book, and you all should read it!
Basically we can agree that this book was the cutest thing ever and that for once I was great at hiding spoilers even though you figured everything out XD
the books IS the cutest thing ever! Probably on par with Simon vs the homo sapiens agenda :D. And you were wonderful hiding things from me, and I didn’t guess everything… no one died, and I was really scared about that…
Simon was so cuteeee!!! I thing that the dying thing was the only thing you got wrong. I almost tweeted you that this was not TFIOS but I controled myself 😛
LOL! I was scared until my prognosis was confirmed, then I was grinning like mad… also, I now have the biggest urge to finally read the little prince
I also wanted to read The Little Prince when I finished but I’ve been wanting to read it for a long time
me too, but I always look at it and think “latter”… I might just pick it up once I get home (portugal)
Me too but I actually can’t read it yet because I need to buy the book. I might be one of the only persons in the world who doesn’t have The Little Prince in my bookshelf 😛
I only have it because a friend gave it to me… My niece has like 3 versions of the book…
Three?? Did she read it at least? Or someone read it to her?
oh, she must know the book by heart, I think it’s one of my sister in law’s favorite books. The invitations for her (something) had quotes from it…
If it is like that it’s pretty normal that she has 3 copies 😛
I’m throwing the number 😛 but yeah, me on the other hand, my friend had to give it to me because she kept talking about it and I had no idea what she was saying… so she gave it for my birthday, with a handmade bookmark and everything, and I never opened it =/
One of my friends was always saying that I should read it and asking why I haven’t read it yet. It will happen, I just don’t know when 😛
yeah 😀 it’s pretty short though
I know. I’m pretty sure that we would read it in less than a hour
yep 😀 I have the portuguese version though, but I’ll live with it
I’m thinking of buying the english version. There’s one edition that costs 3 euros at Book Depository but then I’ll have to wait months for it XD
oh, but the book is so cheap. there’s one at bertrand (english) for 8 euros…
I think I’ll order it after Christmas when I finally decided which other books I want 😛
that’s a smart call 😀 but why does Book Depository take so much time?
I don’t know. I think it was because Winter wasn’t available in the date it said in the website. It was supposed to be released on November 10 but the book was only available on December 1st. I ordered Ava Lavander in the same day and it was here in two weeks
ah, so it’s not a BD problem… it was a book problem 😀
Yep. Remind me to not pre-order books on Book Depository . It might take a long time XD
YES! never again 😛 (so, Winter is still not there?)
Nope. But I’ll reading something tonight. I need a review for tomorrow Blogmas post
another short story?
Yep, and I remember I really liked this one last year. It’s written by Stephanie Perkins 🙂
so, that’s cool :D, I never read anything by her. I’ll read Anna soon
You really need to read Anna, and also Lola and Isla. But Anna is the best 😀
I will, next year for sure 😛
Just a heads up, you’ll probably want to read the 3 books right away 😀
like NOW? lol, or one right after the other? I do own them all…
One right after the other 😛 . I read Anna and Lola in one weekend and didn’t read Isla because it hadn’t been released yet
oh, ok, I have them all, I was planning on marathoning them either way. That and the selections series
Good luck on The Selection. You’ll get really frustrated
see, that just makes me want to stay away from it :p that’s not cool 😀
The books are not bad but America can’t make her own mind about a guy
so I’ve read… =/ yeah, but i need to read it. Those 2 series are for sure for the beginning of the year. And the grisha too
You should read. I liked the books. I just didn’t like America. I want to read Grisha too mostly because I want to read Six of Crows
yes, same reason as me! 😀 I got yesterday the third book in the grisha trilogy – my grandmother’s gift to me
You are going to be so surprised with all your Christmas presents 😛
Now i need to convince my sister to get me a Funko Pop agent carter…
Meanwhile I’m trying to convice my dad to give me the illustrated edition of Harry Potter 😛
Ohhhh, that’s a good one 😀
Yeah, but it’s not working. He already thinks that books are a waste of money imagine the Harry Potter book
Books???? A waste of money??? What?!
What can I do? I’ve been trying to tell him the opposite but he doesn’t like books
oh 😦 that’s sad 😦
Yep but I’m used to it
😦
This book is adorable! I loved the plot twist as well. I loved that despite how crazy what happens seemed , there’s reason behind it. I loved the whole concept of taking risks and not letting the allergies take over her life. I really like your review style , it’s very easy to read and the quotes are a great idea!
oh, thank you :). I thought this book was adorable, and I loved how both of them took control of their lives, even being as afraid as they were 🙂
I felt exactly the same way about the ending. I want to know more about Maddy’s life after everything that has happened. I spent a lot of time imagining where she might go next.
yes, oh my, I needed a proper conversation between her and Olly 😀 I would be happy with just one…
I have yet to read this book but it’s pretty high on my tbr list, I’m glad you loved this. Can’t wait to read it! Great review btw! 🙂
it’s a really lovely book 🙂 I hope you enjoy it as well 🙂
Great Review! I’m glad you liked it! I totally adore this book! It was really cute and adorable read. 😀
it was 😀 I loved it so much. I kept smiling like a stupid person while reading it
So happy you got around to reading this book! I LOOOOOOOVELOVELOVED it so much, myself, and while I saw the plot twist coming about the same time in the read you did, I wasn’t disappointed by the way Nicola Yoon played it out. I just… this book=GAAAAH so many feels!
yes!!! I wasn’t expecting it to be so wonderful 😀 I love it so so much!!!
Right?! I went into it with reservations, too, but…Gaaaaah, so goooood!
😀
God, now I really want to read it! ops, where’s the money? :p
😀 It’s so worth it!
Cristina! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! This book is amazing and while I haven’t had the chance to experience the beautiful graphics within the book, I know that the writing was definitely beautiful. And Olly is just… Agh I adore Olly!
The plot twist took me by a fairly good amount of surprise however I did have my suspicions! But it’s such a sad thing, right? When I found out, I was shocked but I cried at the same time because of the reason behind it. (I’m so emotional)
Olly is perfect <3, I mean, he's so cute and he loves her so much ❤ *sigh*
Such a sad things that plot twist, I understood the why and how it happened, but it was so freaking sad, because it destroyed everything that Maddy knew as truth :(. and yes, cried too… a LOT!