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Excerpt from my journal:
"11:23 p.m. "Here I lay, reading the best book in the world. "Everything, Everything.""

"11:52 p.m. "I finished it... It was AMAZING!" "

Everything, Everything is by far my favorite 2018 read!

I absolutely LOVED this story. I devoured it very quickly. (Almost as quickly as I eat bagels and cream cheese.) Not many books have me staying up till midnight wanting to finish them, but this one did... So without further ado, let's get into my review!

(Ooh, that rhymed! Who am I, Dr. Suess?! Ooh, maybe I am.. You'll never know.)
(Government, Please don't arrest me for impersonation... Can you be arrested for that?)

First, the TITLE!
Ok.. Let's frank here...
WHAT DOES THE TITLED HAVE TO DO WITH THE STORY?!?!?!?
I am yes, the title is really fun to say...

Person: Oh hey, what are you reading?
Me: I am reading EVERYTHING.. *dramatic pause* EVERYTHING! *longer dramatic pause* By Nicola Yoon...
The title is also VERY intriguing.
But after I read the story...
I was like "WHAT?! Why you call it "Everything, Everything?!""
(view spoiler)[ I didn't understand what that had to do with the story until I watched the movie trailer! In the movie trailer, Maddy says "I want to see everything, everything." (hide spoiler)]
*mind boom*
The thing is.. THAT WASN'T IN THE BOOK!
Was it?
I think I wouldn't have missed it.

Let's move on to the plot.
OH MY GUMDROPS!
The plot..

oh.. where to begin..

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I felt like the plot was like a contemporary Rapunzel.
Especially near the end, but we'll get to that.
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Being trapped in my house for 17 years would probably drive me crazy. I don't know how Maddy survives. Probably because she had to the three most important things in life. Food, books, and internet. I think I might survive� But if I didn’t have books.. NOPE! I would DIE! So anyway, being couped up in a house for 17 years might make someone a bit crazy, but not Maddy. I found it a bit hard to believe she had never gone even a tiny bit crazy.

A lot of the plot was unexplained. For instance, (view spoiler)[ we never find out how Maddy’s brother and father died. Did it have to do with medical accidents? Is that why Maddy’s mom is so protective? (hide spoiler)]

The romance. Lets talk about this� I do not like romance that much. I mean I am like any person. love to see couples get together and live happily ever after. I don’t like racy scenes though. In fact, the whole story kind of reminded me of “A fault in our stars.� Even though I’ve never read it, I do know the general plot. Why does this have to do with romance? Well, in TFIOS, there is a racy scene where “things happen� between Gus and Hazel. It takes place in a hotel room. So of course when Maddy and Olly check into a hotel room with only one bed, I was thinking “Please don’t make them do that thing…�

But then�
It happened..
*sigh*

So that was gross�
MOVING ON!

Picking up on the similarities between TFIOS and Everything, Everything. In TFIOS, I am pretty sure either (view spoiler)[ Hazel or Gus dies.. I think its Gus� R.I.P. Gus..
And I am pretty sure Hazel has an accident and has to be rushed to the hospital. (hide spoiler)] So I kept thinking Maddy had better not die, or I will be so sad.
(view spoiler)[ Luckily, she did not.. BUT! My predictions were correct, Maddy got sick. When I was reading the part where she got sick, I actually started to wonder if I would have to skip it. The details were written really well, so well that I began to recall my own scary, midnight sickness memories. Luckily, I survided and kept reading.
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When I read things that mention symptoms and then I start getting those symptoms it freaks me out. That is why I sometimes avoid medical-related books, but this one was to good to DNF it.

The mini plot thread about Olly’s dad being addicted to drink was really sad. I just felt sad to hear about how his dad was once a sober man. He was once kind, but then tradgedy changed him. I can’t blame him though� Whenever tribulations and troubles come my way, I often consider taking drastic measures to make my life even the tiniest bit better. Bagels and cream cheese make everything better. Usually.
Kudos to Olly for defending his mom and sister though. That was pretty admirable.
(view spoiler)[ But Maddy went outside! *gasp* I was like, Great! Now she’s gonna die.. Please don’t die, Maddy. *gasp* YOU FOOL! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! Now you and Olly cannot see each other anymore..! ;~; The sadness� (hide spoiler)]

I haven’t talked much about Olly, have I?
Let’s talk about Olly.
He is interesting. I love that he can just hang on walls and climb up things. Its like his second nature. Its pretty cool.
(view spoiler)[ I think it was pretty stupid of Olly to touch Maddy that first time without asking first. I mean sure, it adds a bit of flair to the story.
*GASP* DID HE JUST TOUCH HER?! Oh no, he didn’t! Oh yes, HE DID! Now she’s gonna die.. Great job, Olly.
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Besides that, he is a cool character.
-NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AVAILABLE-
I’m lazy, and he wasn’t that intersting of a character to me.

(view spoiler)[ When Maddy left the house, I was so afraid for her. Oh, Maddy� What have you done? Don’t breathe. Or if you do prepare to die.
My name is Toxic Air, prepare to die.
And lying to Olly, saying she had experimental pills. Oi.
Don’t do drugs kids, or lie about having experimental drugs that might keep you alive, either! :) Your like will be much better. (hide spoiler)]

THE ENDING!
(view spoiler)[ The ending.. Oh where to begin. This is about the point where it started to feel like a Rapunzel retelling.
This is when we find out that Maddy never had SCID, and she is perfectly capable of going outside. Her mom just told her she was sick to keep her from going outside and possibly dying. Her mom is clearly crazy. And I thought, YES, this is exactly the story from Disney’s Tangled. (which totally changed the story of Rapunzel, don’t be fooled..)
So that was cool.

I was really hoping the mom and Maddy would make up, but they really didn’t. We end the story with Olly and Maddy re-meeting at a bookstore, and the mom all by herself.
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Oh, darn! I forgot to talk about Carla.. HOW COULD I FORGET CARLA?!
Quick sections ‘bout Carla:
She’s nice, she’s fun, she’s amazing!

NOW!
The bottom line for all those who don’t have time to read my lengthy review. (Yes, I know its long�)
Bottom line:
The story is very well written with amazing twists. This story will have you flipping every page till your done. Then when you finish, you’ll be extremely sad.

YAY!