This allowed the book to be read in a quick fashion, or in short bursts if you prefer that. Everything, Everything is told through very short chapters (no longer than 5-6 pages), with little illustrations and other tidbits thrown in. The writing style is what stole the show for me. I can not imagine the life that she has been forced to live because of SCID, but she was dealing with it perfectly well for 17 years before Olly came along. She slacked on her studies, distanced herself from her nurse (whom she loves) and her own mother, and was irrationally angry when her mom tried to help her. Maddie also drove me insane when she became almost obsessive over Olly, and pushed everyone else in her life away. Since the whole book centers around the relationship, this translated to me feeling quite “meh” about everything. This is probably due to the fact that I found it very difficult to become attached to the individual characters themselves, let alone their relationship. I thought it was fine, I didn’t necessarily like it or dislike it. While that didn’t occur, I still felt very indifferent about Maddie and Olly’s relationship.
(HUGE spoiler, highlight at own risk: Instead she was never sick, ugh). I was scared that this book was going to revolve around the terrible plot device of Maddie becoming magically cured once she falls in love. It completely ruined the ENTIRE book for me, I have never felt more cheated by a book than this. The book follows Maddie, our protagonist, and her journey of trying to deal with her disease once she falls in love. It was fascinating to read about a girl who has SCID (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency), and can’t leave her house since she’s allergic to just about everything. In fact, I was really quite enjoying it up until the end. I ‘m going to warn you right now, this will not be a raving review, as I seem to be one of the very few people who did not like this book. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.Įverything, Everything had been on my radar for a long time, because everybody who reads it absolutely loves it, and raves about it in a review. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black-black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.īut then one day, a moving truck arrives next door.
I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. Loving someone as fiercely as my mom loves me must be like wearing your heart outside of your body with no skin, no bones, no nothing to protect it.” “I decide then that love is a terrible, terrible thing.
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