Nicola Yoon
Auteur de Everything, Everything
A propos de l'auteur
Nicola Yoon grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn. Her first novel Everything, Everything was published in 2015 and became a New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography)
Œuvres de Nicola Yoon
Oeuvres associées
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration (2018) — Contributeur — 145 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1972-10-01
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Jamaica
- Lieux de résidence
- Jamaica
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Relations
- Yoon, David (husband)
Membres
Discussions
Everything everything à Book talk (Mars 2017)
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 13
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 9,642
- Popularité
- #2,484
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 444
- ISBN
- 180
- Langues
- 19
- Favoris
- 3
This was an engaging and compelling read. Admittedly, romance is not really my genre but I did enjoy this title. For starters, Maddy and Olly both felt closer to real people than archetypes. They both have hobbies, such as reading/reviewing books and playing board games for Maddy and parkour and building an orrery for Olly. They both have their own familial issues to deal with and their own histories before meeting each other.
Also, I appreciated how the thing keeping the romantic pair apart was not some silly, contrived misunderstanding but a serious barrier due to illness. When it later is revealed that
I do feel like the ending, while beautiful in its circular nature, left me wondering more about what was going to happen with these characters, but many of the best reads do conclude in such a way to make you regret leaving that world.
The audiobook was narrated extremely well by the main reader who put some much emotion into it; a couple of extra voices and sparingly used sound effects enhanced the experience. However, the print book also has fun little doodles and more, so I recommend having a copy of each to read.… (plus d'informations)