My Heart and Other Black Holes
by:
Jasmine Warga (author)
Aysel and Roman are practically strangers, but they've been drawn into an unthinkable partnership. In a month's time, they plan to commit suicide - together. Aysel knows why she wants to die: being the daughter of a murderer doesn't equal normal, well-adjusted teenager. But she can't figure out...
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Aysel and Roman are practically strangers, but they've been drawn into an unthinkable partnership. In a month's time, they plan to commit suicide - together. Aysel knows why she wants to die: being the daughter of a murderer doesn't equal normal, well-adjusted teenager. But she can't figure out why handsome, popular Roman wants to end it all....and why he's even more deter
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781444791532 (1444791532)
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Pages no: 309
Edition language: English
My Heart and Other Black Holes - Jasmine Warga Fair warning, I'm putting on my "Mom Hat" here for this "young adult" book. I thought that this book was very good, VERY good for the first 95% of the book then it shifted on it's head. I was so impressed by the author's ability to really descri...
I am not going to say that suicide has become a popular topic, because it hasn’t, and still deserves much needed attention, but there has been far greater instances of it being picked up as a topic. There is a wide girth written about the topic of suicide, particularly adolescent suicide, on the res...
My Heart and Other Black Holes was obviously an important book for this author, the heart of it is full of a depth of emotion and shows a writer baring her heart a little. In that way, it is beautifully written and resonant and I can see exactly what this was trying to achieve. And would I believe f...
There are lots of brilliant YA books about suicide (All The Bright Places, Thirteen Reasons Why, Wintergirls, etc) – if a book about suicide can be called brilliant – and My Heart and Other Black Holes is (almost) just as good. In the same vein as All The Bright Places, the two main characters (Ay...
"Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there's nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression." Before starting this review,let me say that books that deal with depression speak strongly to me. I've deal with this particular mental illness since I was 12 years old,...
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