Extraordinary Means
Author : Robyn Schneider
Publisher : Katherine Tegen Books
Published : 26 / 05 / 15
Pages: 336
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Lane is just your ordinary 17 year old.
Well, he would be if there wasn't the fact that he has an incurable disease and spends his High School senior year at a boarding school slash hospital. At Latham House he meets Sadie and her friends and instead of holding on to his nerd life , like the one he had back in California, he starts living while dying.
Honestly, I couldn't really get into this book. Even though it includes gorgeous phrases and Schneider's writing style in general is amazing I found it really hard to ' dive ' into Lane and Sadie's story. Extraordinary Means is kind of a Looking For Alaska and The Fault In Our Stars , both by John Green, crossover and the ending is , when you put a little bit of thought into it, quite predictable. The first time I actually linked into the story and had to stop reading for a minute to think about what's happening in the novel was after an event I'm not gonna spoil, but it happened pretty sudden and definitely caught me off guard.
Since the writing got, at least to me, a little bit better and the story didn't feel like it was rushed anymore it kind of felt like the author was just trying to get to the point of said event. Furthermore, I couldn't really feel a connection, something that is really important to me, between me and the characters due to Robyn Schneider's writing. Moreover, Lane and his friends aren't really memorable, even though they are described as just that.
Nevertheless, I quite enjoyed reading at least the last part of this novel and would definitely recomment it to those who like reading about sick kids who still have to find themselves and a little bit of love.
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paperback cover - first sentence of Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider |
