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Cargando... Notes to Selfpor Avery Sawyer
   Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  Esta reseña ha sido escrita para Sorteo de miembros LibraryThing. This was such an emotional read. Robin and Emily have been best friends. One day Robin’s adventurous friend Emily decide to climb to the top of a theme park ride. Robin doesn’t really like heights. The next thing Robin remembers is waking up in a hospital. She is told that she and Emily were found beside a Waffle House. Unfortunately her best friend has not awakened. Imagine not knowing exactly what happened. Then you go back to school where you are tormented and teased and blamed for your friend’s condition. You can’t do anything about it because you don’t really remember what happened. Robin starts writing notes to herself as she remembers things. Through this story line we see the same teen angst we would see in teens today. That is what makes this story so believable and makes those connections to the reader. This is so much more than a book about an accident. It is a book about finding answers. Yes we know Robin needs to know what happened that night and why it happened. One of the messages that came across reminded me of a time in my senior year in high school. I was admiring a student’s car. He had three vehicles. I told him I would love to have just one. His response was that he would love to have parents that he knew loved him. Robin realizes that even though she has always seen Emily as so lucky and outgoing, she learns through her flashbacks that she and Emily really aren’t so different. This is definitely a book I recommend. Once you pick it up you won’t be able to put it down. (  ) skstiles612 | Jun 3, 2020 |  This is a beautiful and powerful story. (  ) ABShepherd | May 15, 2013 | Beautiful and emotionally gripping, NOTES TO SELF touches base with an interesting concept—brain injury and fighting to remember the events of what happened before. It is something that is plausible and has also been a theme in several other books and films, though it does not entirely conform into those molds. It holds its own, and in some parts, reaches new heights. Robin was an interesting character. Though some parts dragged the slightest bit, the story itself progressed at a nice rate and flowed quite nicely. I don't think there was a character I couldn't stand to read, which is always a good thing. It's always fascinating to see an author take a rough theme or topic and turn it into something great! Avery Sawyer's Notes to Self will have you experience many emotions from the very beginning to the absolute end. I would like to thank the author for sending me a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review! And as a note to the FTC, I would like to add that receiving this book for review did not influence or affect my honest review in any way. ( ) RJGonzales | May 11, 2013 | I mentioned in my Young Adult books blog that I felt this story could be a metaphor for life. Sometimes we go blindly through life, taking for granted the people and things around us. And for some of us, it takes a "fall" to "wake" us and make us take another look at our selves and our lives. Notes To Self is about friendship, and family, and appreciating what you have... all mixed into a story that is not sappy or preachy. I am so glad I read it... and I hope you read it too! ( ) AngelNicki | Oct 6, 2012 | Esta reseña ha sido escrita para Sorteo de miembros LibraryThing. I received a copy of Notes to Self courtesy of LibraryThing in exchange for a review.Robin and Emily are best friends, and they both end up in the hospital after having a terrible fall due to climbing up an amusement park ride. Robin wakes up with a mild brain injury, but Emily remains in a coma. I can't even fathom the emotional discord I'd be feeling if I ever had to be in Robins situation. The guilt of being the one that woke up, of why you let your friend talk you into doing something dangerous, of not even being able to remember what happened the night of the accident, let alone small words used in every day situations. Avery Sawyer did an excellent portrayal of teenage girls, as well as someone with TBI. I really enjoyed reading this book, and the ending was near perfect for me. ( ) Supera710 | Sep 28, 2012 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"I usually don't read many books in the Young Adult category, but I am glad I read this one - I seriously think this could / should zoom up the charts and be a huge bestseller and I could also see this one being made into a smash summer movie." ~Michael Gallagher"I started and finished this book in about 2 days- something I only do when a book grabs me and refuses to let me go." ~Amazon reviewer"Notes to Self is an emotional journey that any woman, teenager or otherwise, can relate to. It made me think about my own formative years and that connected me to the narrator on a deep level. I recommend Notes to Self to readers who appreciate honest contemporary fiction." ~Amazon reviewer"I recommend NOTES TO SELF very highly. The story is both inspirational and real, which is a difficult combination to pull off. This is a very powerful novel." ~Top 500 Reviewer Two climbed up. Two fell down. One woke up. Robin Saunders is a high school sophomore with an awesome best friend, a hard-working single mom, and a complicated relationship with a sweet guy named Reno. She's coasting along, trying to get through yet another tedious year of high school, when Em suggests something daring. They live in Florida-- tourist central--and Emily wants to sneak into a theme park after midnight and see what they're made of. When things get out of control, Robin wakes up in a hospital bed and Emily doesn't wake up at all. Just getting dressed becomes an ordeal as Robin tries to heal and piece together the details of that terrible night. Racing to remember everything in the hopes of saving Emily, Robin writes a series of notes to herself to discover the truth. Gr. 8-12. Adult language. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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