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Since I loved The Sun Is Also A Star  so much, I expected a lot of this book. I heard a lot of good things about it, and was damn excited to start it. But, I'll be honest.... I was a bit disappointed ._. I felt like this book was too predictable and didn't feel a lot while reading it. 

Madeline is sick, that's been clear since the beginning. I loved how the set up of the book was partly text, but also partly her diary and things like that in the beginning. I felt as frustrated as she did about her allergies, and I don't know how I would've handled it (okay, obviously by reading all day, probably like any of us would).

Her mom is a bit overprotective, but honestly, I can imagine why. If I would have a daughter with allergies like that, I would never leave her out of my sight, worrying about her all day and night. On the other hand, I would probably give her a bit more freedom too.

Carla is the one character I really liked, she seemed sympathetic but also really cool and I was so sad when she had to leave. I loved that Madeline did get to see her for a bit later during the story.

Olly.. I understand him. But I also don't. I wouldn't ever dare to do take her out like that, I would be way too afraid anything would happen. And sure, everything went well, but what if it wouldn't have? What if anything would've happened? That would be on him, and I wouldn't ever risk that for the world. And with the situation going on along him, I know he feels the need to protect Madeline, but... that's not the way to do it. 

Overall, I thought this book was nice, I didn't hate it, but I did expect a few things to happen and they happened exactly like I thought they would. Now, it could be just me, but I hate it when I think "oh what if [insert thing here] would happen" and it does exactly that. Multiple times. 

Another thing I don't really like is the "instalove" thing that happens here. Sure, love me some super-cheesy love that's bound to fail, like All The Bright Places, or even The Sun Is Also A Star, but I just don't like it when two characters fall in love as soon as their eyes meet each other. To me, that's just unrealistic. 

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And then, there's the ultimate plot-twist.. IT WAS ALL A LIE. Which is what I did expect. There are no records found anywhere, and even though her mom is a doctor, that should not be enough reason. It was a good plot-twist, sure, but I just didn't like the reason at all. 

I think I'm mostly disappointed that this book wasn't a realistic story about such an illness. Life doesn't work that way, and I know that not every book has to be exactly true to the real world, but I hoped for it with this one, because it started off quite strong.

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 I think I was just way too overhyped by everyone that it turned out to be so disappointing. It's not that I particularly hated it, it was an enjoyable read. I most probably will read anything new from Nicola Yoon, since I loved her other book and her writing style is something I enjoyed too.