Blink Once
West is a high school senior who has everything going for him until an accident leaves him paralyzed. Strapped down in his hospital bed, slipping in and out of consciousness, West is terrified and alone. Until he meets Olivia. She's the girl next door-sort of. A patient in the room next to his,...
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West is a high school senior who has everything going for him until an accident leaves him paralyzed. Strapped down in his hospital bed, slipping in and out of consciousness, West is terrified and alone. Until he meets Olivia. She's the girl next door-sort of. A patient in the room next to his, only Olivia can tell what West is thinking, and only Olivia seems to know that the terrible dreams he's been having are not just a result of his medication. Yet as West comes to rely on Olivia-to love her, even-certain questions pull at him: Why has Olivia been in the hospital for so long? And what does it mean that she is at the center of his nightmares? But the biggest question of all comes when West begins to recover and learns that the mysterious girl he's fallen in love with has a secret he could never have seen coming.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781599908182 (1599908182)
Publish date: September 4th 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Erst nach Lesen des Buches wurde mir klar, wie passend das Titelbild ist... Ein junges Mädchen unter Wasser, aufwärtsstrebend und so nah an der Oberfläche- dabei doch so fern. Eine Metapher auf Krankheit und Genesung? Ihr werdet es verstehen, wenn ihr das Buch lest!Es geht um den jungen West, der na...
So very good and heart wrenching; it actually made me cry a little. I don't want to say too much. Some people might figure it out early on and some might not. I don't want to give anything away.
I have to admit, to begin with I wasn't liking this story as much as I thought I would. Yes, another novel that did a 180 on me, much like Survive by Alex Morel (see why here). Don't let the cover fool you - this isn't a girly book, and it's for mature YA readers only.West wakes up in hospital, para...
BLINK ONCE is story of a kid who finds himself in a situation he’d never considered, in it his growing closer to a person so different from those who are supposed to be close to him So it goes from him and the girl to him and his memories (some sweet, mother bittersweet) then to him and his nightmar...
I'm not exactly sure how to categorize this one. I liked it and I kind of didn't like it. I think I'm frustrated that West didn't get things right away, but that's because I was being hard on him and not remembering his predicament. That said, I still don't know how I feel about it. I'm glad the aut...