Turkan Taskin's Reviews > Everything, Everything

Update- After some thought I decided that I wanted to knock off a star. The main reason for this is the ending...I can't believe I thought that it was "okay" like wtf was wrong with me? It wasn't a tad bit realistic or shocking; in fact I actually found it quite cliche and eye-roll worthy and...cheap to be honest. It's a very easy and lazy way to end the story. And I do mind insta-love (although I liked how their relationship evolved afterwards), I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote this review back in the day.
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Everything, everything was a very fast paced and quite a short novel. But despite this, the author still manages to pack an ample amount of emotions into this book, making it feel so poignant, beautiful and the perfect summery read.

I devoured page after page, and before I knew it, I had finished the book; for me, if a book manages to draw me in like this, I know that at least the author has done a fantastic job, even if the plot itself may be flawed. For me, it was a win-win both ways for this novel, and this is quite remarkable (at least for me), considering that it's a contemporary romance, which is not my best genre.

As much as I vastly enjoyed this book and the characters (especially Madeline- I really enjoyed the way the author portrayed her character), I had a few problems. The first one being is that the romance between Maddy and Ollie felt like insta-love for me for both the characters. For some people this can be a massive turn-off (not particularly for me, although I prefer a relationship that develops stronger over time), but I still think that there are loads of other redeemable qualities about this book. Such as the characters. My favourite character, without a doubt, was Maddy: I loved her honesty and I think that she delivers her pain to the reader quite well. A little down-side of her that I have to mention is that I pictured or imagined her more of a sixteen than an eighteen year old. But maybe that's not such a bad thing since she's locked indoors, so is obviously bound to be different to most eighteen year olds. I also loved Ollie (who was the definition of adorable) and Carla: her motherly attitude and personality made this book much more effective.

The ending was okay for me; it wasn't a big surprise because (view spoiler)[ I had watched Bubble Boy ages ago and remembered how that had ended. (hide spoiler)]But I know that for a lot of readers the ending may come as a complete shock and overall, I did enjoy it.

I'm looking forward to reading more books by Nicola Yoon in the future.