Every Last Word

Every Last Word is not only an extraordinary love story, it is a fascinating point of view into the mind of a girl with OCD. The thoughts that Sam had, the secrets she kept every day from her family and so-called friends, the adjustments she had to make every day of her life were truly a struggle for her, and it was amazing to see her journey through all of it and character development throughout the story. I loved how she slowly started to realize her friends that she thought were her best friends were actually horrible friends to her. Her realization after finding people who understood her and she felt comfortable with was very relatable to real-life high school friendships. Tamara Ireland Stone captured this aspect of high school perfectly with her incredible writing. Stone incorporated heartwarming poetry as well as successfully portraying the life of a girl in high school with OCD. As Sam went through all her emotions and struggles, as a reader you could feel them too. Sam’s wish to be “normal” was so heartfelt and honest that you wanted to just reach in and give her a hug. Especially after the huge plot twist, which is one of my absolute favorite parts of the book. The twist caught me by surprise, I had to put the book down and reevaluate what I just read. However, as well as getting a perspective of a girl with OCD, the readers follow Sam as she falls in love with a boy named AJ. I loved how they started on pretty rocky ground, but they worked through it and created a beautiful relationship from it. He loved her just as she was, even when she wasn’t sure how she felt about herself. If you like books with real-life problems and plot twists, but with romance and happy endings then I highly recommend this book.

I loved this book. It's a great perspective of the mind of someone with OCD & a cute love story tied along. I finished it in a week.

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"If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling."I think it's safe to say that everyone thinks they have a pretty good idea of what OCD looks like, but what about Purely-Obsessional OCD? And what if that is compiled with anxiety? Sam’s popular friends are the definition of toxic and will turn on her at the first sign of weakness. Hence why they have no idea about her OCD or the dark thoughts that consume her at every waking moment. After a new friend introduces her to Poet's Corner, a group of misfits, she starts to question whether the protection of her popular friends is worth it.This book lets you dive into the mind of a high school girl with OCD and the clever way she hides her diagnosis from everyone to keep up her "cool girl" persona. The book was beautifully done and felt extremely personal and important, causing more than a few tears to slip out. This book is as crushing as it is beautiful, and if you love a full-circle moment, then you will love this book!

I would like to preface this review with the caveat that this is not the kind of book I would normally read. I generally go for fantasy/sci-fi but I read this for a book club I'm in with friends.It's well-written and interesting enough. There's a good twist but I felt like it was short lived. The climax is only a few pages before everything is immediately explained away. While it's dealt with realistically I guess I just felt a little let down by it. Mental illness is dealt with honestly and carefully. I did think the poetry was pretty boring and all the characters wrote poems in the same format/vocabulary. So there definitely could have been some more variety there that would've developed some of the side characters a bit more.While I never felt truly connected to the main character (personal problem, I just didn't relate), she was still a good character and I wanted her to succeed.All in all, a good book, just not what I normally read.

Love cant say much cuz i havent started it

Really good book as someone who struggles with ocd

I never finished it but I definitely love it so far