Review - Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

About:
Title: Everything, Everything
Author: Nicola Yoon
Publication Date: September 1st 2015
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Rating:

Description: 
My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla. But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly. Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.

Review

This book. This. Book. Everything. Everything follows eighteen year old Madeline who has spent her whole life basically living in a bubble. As a baby she was diagnosed with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease, also known as SCID, which pretty much means she is allergic to everything. All she has ever known is her home, her mum and Carla until a new family move in next door and she meets Olly and he opens the doors to the world outside, making her question her tiny life. Everything, Everything about this book is beautiful. (see what I did there? hehehe) From the writing to the art work, which was by the authors husband (Go husband!) I loved Maddy and Olly's relationship so much, it wasn't insta-love. It was just lovely. I couldn't help but keep thinking of the 2001 film Bubble Boy while reading this.This isn't a bad thing as it's one of my favourite films. I was kind of looking out for some reference to the film, I though that it might have been brought up in the early stages between Maddy and Olly of maybe Maddy jokes about the similarities to their predicaments and maybe even jokes about building a bubble. She seems the type of person who would do this as she made a few jokes about her illness through the book. The book was a super fast read as I couldn't put it down. The ending for me is what earned it the 5 stars. I was on the edge of my seat up until the very end. HOPING for the ending I wanted and Nicola just keep teasing me right up until the very last sentence. Nicola Yoon is definitely one of the authors I will be keeping an eye on for any new releases.

Quotes

“What colour are your eyes?
Olly (O): blue 
Madeline (M): Be more specific please 
O: jesus. girls. ocean blue 
M: Atlantic or Pacific 
O: atlantic. What colour are yours?
M: Chocolate brown.
O: More specific please
M: 75% cacao butter, dark chocolate brown 
O: hehe. nice”

“Spoiler alert: Love is worth everything. Everything.” 

“Sometimes I reread my favorite books from back to front. I start with the last chapter and read backward until I get to the beginning. When you read this way, characters go from hope to despair, from self-knowledge to doubt. In love stories, couples start out as lovers and end as strangers. Coming-of-age books become stories of losing your way. Your favorite characters come back to life.”