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You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
by Rachel Lynn Solomon
YOU'LL MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Published: 2018
Genre: Contemporary
Age-range: Young Adult
Pages: 373
Themes: Huntington's disease, estranged relationship between siblings, jewish family, sick mother, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, teacher-student love (but only private lessons teacher and 6 years apart)
Setting: Seattle, Washington, USA
RATING
Main character: 8 Adina, Tovah
Side characters: 7 their parents, Adina's viola teacher, Tovah's friends
Writing: 10
Plot: 8
Feelings: 10
Diversity: 9 Jewish Religion
Intrigue: 8
Total: 8,57 --- 4,5 stars
Notes: This book is very hard to read as it includes a disease that slowly takes everything out from under you - similar to dementia or Alzheimers its not possible to stop it or cure it, there are self-harm scenes and suicidal thoughts portrayed,... but this was written so well, the horrible feeling of seeing your future of sickness before you in your mother whom you can't recognize at times because of her change of personality and hallucinations and the struggle to be close to her, I didn't like the conflict between the twins because its another one of those stories that could be avoided with ONE NORMAL CONVERSATION - just saying :D anywho I definitely thought about this book for a while and it made me cry. Both main characters were flawed but felt very real.
Read: 21.12.2018
Fun Fact: The Original Title was "Fingers Crossed"
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Initial Reaction:
I cried - I don’t know what else to say - I‘m glad I know about Huntington’s now I actually had no clue about it before reading this book and reading about the mother made me so emotional. The main characters were not really likable but I don’t have a problem with that. I just wish this whole plot would not build on such miscommunication as is the case in every ya book ever. But that’s life and some people just don’t talk right to each other.
Published: 2018
Genre: Contemporary
Age-range: Young Adult
Pages: 373
Themes: Huntington's disease, estranged relationship between siblings, jewish family, sick mother, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, teacher-student love (but only private lessons teacher and 6 years apart)
Setting: Seattle, Washington, USA
RATING
Main character: 8 Adina, Tovah
Side characters: 7 their parents, Adina's viola teacher, Tovah's friends
Writing: 10
Plot: 8
Feelings: 10
Diversity: 9 Jewish Religion
Intrigue: 8
Total: 8,57 --- 4,5 stars
Notes: This book is very hard to read as it includes a disease that slowly takes everything out from under you - similar to dementia or Alzheimers its not possible to stop it or cure it, there are self-harm scenes and suicidal thoughts portrayed,... but this was written so well, the horrible feeling of seeing your future of sickness before you in your mother whom you can't recognize at times because of her change of personality and hallucinations and the struggle to be close to her, I didn't like the conflict between the twins because its another one of those stories that could be avoided with ONE NORMAL CONVERSATION - just saying :D anywho I definitely thought about this book for a while and it made me cry. Both main characters were flawed but felt very real.
Read: 21.12.2018
Fun Fact: The Original Title was "Fingers Crossed"
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Initial Reaction:
I cried - I don’t know what else to say - I‘m glad I know about Huntington’s now I actually had no clue about it before reading this book and reading about the mother made me so emotional. The main characters were not really likable but I don’t have a problem with that. I just wish this whole plot would not build on such miscommunication as is the case in every ya book ever. But that’s life and some people just don’t talk right to each other.