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A Step Toward Falling by Cammie McGovern
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The audiobook was fantastic. This is a story I won't soon forget.
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4.5 stars. An important and arresting look into the mind of a teenage boy with schizophrenia. Based on Neal Shusterman's son Brendan's experience with mental illness, who also illustrated the book. This makes this one of Shusterman's most personal books ever.
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Started this last night and didn't really get in to it, but I will try again soon. 8/15 I've ready some more. It's pretty disturbing, in an I Never Promised You a Rose Garden kind of way.
Maybe I'd like the audiobook better. ...more
Maybe I'd like the audiobook better. ...more
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I feel like I have a lot to say about this book, but I don't know if I have to words to express everything I'm feeling. I waited a day to write the review in hopes that I could come up with something. Here's what I got...
When I started reading this book, I wasn't sure that I was going to like it. However, I could tell that it was very different from anything else I've ever read, which kept me hooked.
This book is lyrical chaos. It pulls you from one thing to another without warning. It should fe ...more
When I started reading this book, I wasn't sure that I was going to like it. However, I could tell that it was very different from anything else I've ever read, which kept me hooked.
This book is lyrical chaos. It pulls you from one thing to another without warning. It should fe ...more
Wow!
Shusterman has done it again. He takes us where we don't want to go turns us inside out and airs the subject so that we can learn and grow. This very personal work brings mental illness to the forefront with courage and a unique voice. Some readers will struggle to finish but we all must remember the struggle that people with mental illness must endure for life. ...more
Shusterman has done it again. He takes us where we don't want to go turns us inside out and airs the subject so that we can learn and grow. This very personal work brings mental illness to the forefront with courage and a unique voice. Some readers will struggle to finish but we all must remember the struggle that people with mental illness must endure for life. ...more
Pretty difficult to get into and not a subject I'd typically enjoy, but ultimately I really liked this one. A really great and important contribution to the field of YA books on mental illness.
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Another contender for the Printz. Beautifully written and very insightful into the world of mental illness.
3.5/4
I enjoyed this more than you'd expect for a 3.5 star book, which is due entirely to the fantastic writing. The subject is dealt with in such a creative manner and I am here to say that I DID "get it" (mostly) by then end, and really my 3.5 star rating is just a reflection of it not exactly being my kind of book.
So far in the NBA finalist race, my vote is for NIMONA. ...more
I enjoyed this more than you'd expect for a 3.5 star book, which is due entirely to the fantastic writing. The subject is dealt with in such a creative manner and I am here to say that I DID "get it" (mostly) by then end, and really my 3.5 star rating is just a reflection of it not exactly being my kind of book.
So far in the NBA finalist race, my vote is for NIMONA. ...more
This book starts out funny and entertaining, and while it maintains humor throughout, it gotmore and more intense when I started to realize how the stories (15-year-old Caden's real life and that of an adventure on a bizarre ship) were connected. Very smart, insightful, interesting, serious, and thought-provoking.
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Aptly bewildering, with a few recognizable signposts of more objective reality occasionally (and increasingly) looming into view through the murk. Remarkable.
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