Published June 3, 2014
About the Book:
John Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this beautifully written, incredibly honest, and emotionally poignant novel. Cammie McGovern's insightful young adult debut is a heartfelt and heartbreaking story about how we can all feel lost until we find someone who loves us because of our faults, not in spite of them.
Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can't walk without a walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike than either ever realized.
When Amy decides to hire student aides to help her in her senior year at Coral Hills High School, these two teens are thrust into each other's lives. As they begin to spend time with each other, what started as a blossoming friendship eventually grows into something neither expected.
My Thoughts:
The description says: "John Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park," so I expected a lot from this book. Page 16, I was already crying, so I expected a lot from this book. Unfortunately, the book kinda let me down. It's no John Green or Rainbow Rowell novel. It had the potential to be great, but the ending was rushed and didn't really even materialize. I gave it 4 stars on Goodreads, so it's not bad by any means. It just didn't deliver what I was expecting it to deliver. It's like 2/3rds or so of the book is amazing, and the other 1/3rd is a disappointment. The ending is what disappointed me most of all, though. It rushes towards it, and then it just ends without really delivering the hoped for ending. Sure, it hints at it, but that's not enough. There is also a major plot twist that was unexpected that let me frustrated in ways. Despite these issues, it really is a beautifully written book. It's a solid 4 star book that I would highly recommend. I just do so with a warning that the ending will leave you a bit unsatisfied.
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