Me Since You
Laura Wiess, 2014
Warning: Here be spoilers.
Rowan is just a normal, sixteen-year-old girl - a little more sheltered than her best friend, thanks to her father being a police officer, but still normal. When she decides to skip school with her friend and gets caught by her father, it sets off a series of events that culminates in the suicide of Rowan's father. Now Rowan has to find a way to survive as her world falls apart around her.
I first want to say that while I'm glad I read this book, I'm glad that I'm done reading this book. It was intense.
The book was very well-written. The characters were very easy to relate to and understand, which made it all the more difficult to watch - and feel - Rowan go through what she went through. I thought that Rowan and her mother were perfectly developed and very realistically written. As far as I could tell, having never been through it myself, this book seemed to me like a very realistic portrayal of what a suicide does to the surviving family and friends.
While I would recommend this book to most people, I would most recommend it to anyone who knows someone who is dealing with a suicide in the family, more than I would recommend it to someone who is going through it. This book gives great insight into what the survivors are feeling - the depression, guilt, anger, and so much more - and what a good, supportive friend can do for them.
A great book that packs a real emotional punch. Definitely recommended.
Thanks to the publisher for an advanced copy through NetGalley.
I first want to say that while I'm glad I read this book, I'm glad that I'm done reading this book. It was intense.
The book was very well-written. The characters were very easy to relate to and understand, which made it all the more difficult to watch - and feel - Rowan go through what she went through. I thought that Rowan and her mother were perfectly developed and very realistically written. As far as I could tell, having never been through it myself, this book seemed to me like a very realistic portrayal of what a suicide does to the surviving family and friends.
While I would recommend this book to most people, I would most recommend it to anyone who knows someone who is dealing with a suicide in the family, more than I would recommend it to someone who is going through it. This book gives great insight into what the survivors are feeling - the depression, guilt, anger, and so much more - and what a good, supportive friend can do for them.
A great book that packs a real emotional punch. Definitely recommended.
Thanks to the publisher for an advanced copy through NetGalley.
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