General Info
Every Last Word by Tamera Ireland Stone
Published June 2015 by Disney Hyperion
(SPOILERS)
368 Pages
Plot Summary
Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off.
Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. Yet Sam knows she'd be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist.
Caroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. Slowly, she begins to feel more "normal" than she ever has as part of the popular crowd . . . until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear.
Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. Yet Sam knows she'd be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist.
Caroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. Slowly, she begins to feel more "normal" than she ever has as part of the popular crowd . . . until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear.
Personal Favorites
It took me quite a while to finish this book but I absolutely loved it. First of all I loved all of the characters but my absolute favorite was definitely AJ. He was just so deep and we really got to know him throughout the story. I also enjoyed Sam starting to take control of her life when she decided to drop the Crazy Eights because they weren't good for her. Poet's Corner was so fun as well and the actual poems in the book added such a great element to the story. Near the end if this book, I was in tears. Like I totally didn't know that Caroline was just a coping mechanism to help Sam come into her true self. I loved Caroline so when we found out that she committed seven years prior, I was devastated.
Personal Dislikes
Nothing to say in this section which is a good thing.
Rating
5/5 Stars
My Final Thoughts
This was my first book with a character who had OCD and I loved it. Everyone should read it, anyways see you in the next post.
~Naya J.
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