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Every You, Every Me by David Levithan This is a postmodern novel. Experimental. A little bit cool and also a little bit pretentious.
Evan is a troubled high school student who doesn't fit in . He is grieving for his friend/love (Ariel) who is no longer with him, and he's feeling responsible for whatever it is that happened to her. Evan has a guilty conscience, no friends and a broken heart. Then photographs start to show up. Some of the photos are places he went with Ariel, some are photos of him, of her, and eventually a photo of the place he last saw her. Evan's not sure what to think. Are these photographs Ariel's way of reminding him what he did to her? Or has someone found out what he did and is now wanting to punish him? Either way, he can't rest until he finds out who is stalking him. There is lots going on in this book. Much of the text has stikethrough font (things Evan thinks but doesn't say out loud). There are blurry black and white photos, strange chapter headings (chapter 11-A through 11-O, for example) and a mystery waiting to be solved. Very intriguing... Unfortunately, the mystery is not really difficult to solve and Evan spends far too much time wallowing in his sadness - it gets to be a little bit too much angst. Every You, Every Me is not a difficult read. It's quick and dark and intriguing. It tries a little too hard to manipulate the reader and to be different than other YA novels. It is a good book to fill an afternoon or two, but it's not the great book I hoped it would be.
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