When I first saw the title of this story and compared it to the book’s synopsis, I wondered what the significance of the title could be. Initially thinking it a modern day retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac, the title could be viewed from a potential loved one’s perspective...think of that final scene ...
The story is a simple one. It’s of one asking the help of another. And it’s the other finding inspiration again. But it’s also both of them finding a connection where none was expected. Yet as simple as those three things sound, things did get more and more dense with progression. The dialogue play...
3.5/5 starsI was a bit hesitant in starting Dying to know you, for once, it was narrated by an older man (in his 60s, based on some descriptions), and that is a first for young adult novels! Basically Karl, an 18 year old boy, asks for help from this older man, to help him with his girlfriend. Fiore...
Dying to Know You was kindly provided to me by Netgalley for Abrams.Expected Publication Date: April 1st 2012Interested in more of my reviews? Visit my blog!2.5 starsThe Storyline"OK. Let me sum up and you can tell me if I've got it right. You've met a girl you admire and would like to keep her as y...
This is the third book I've read in the so-called Dance Sequence (which is not really a series, or I would never be reading them out of order): first I read the final and superlative This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn, and the circled back to the second and sequence-naming [b:Dance on My ...
A stirring, realistic portrait of obsessive first love, only this one ends (and the book begins) with the death of one of the boys. Interesting style, told in choppy bits of present tense, memories, adult social worker's reports. Very strong.
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