When Miles's best friend and cousin kills herself, Miles turns to her three loves in life: smoking, food, and drugs. Miles always felt like Laura got everything in life including looks, popularity, and the hot boyfriend. Even death was something Miles had pondered, but could never follow through with as Laura had done.
In this book we follow Miles through the loss of her best friend, see her drifting from current friends, and see her starting new unexpected relationships. We also witness Miles funneling down that spiral, and not sure if she will ever crawl back to the surface. Things get a lot worse for Miles before there is even a glimmer of hope that life will get better.
Rachel Cohn held nothing back in this book, and the result is a very intense and sometimes overwhelming sadness for the characters involved. It was one of those books that when it was done my heart hurt. I wasn't shocked to read about these teens having drugs and a drug problem. I was less shocked that the parents had no clue. It was portrayed pretty much how things are in real life. The parents are blind to their children's problems, and it takes tragedy in one family to open the eyes of another.
You Know Where to Find Me is a good book if you're into Young Adult literature. Be prepared for possible tears, and reading it in one sitting.
In this book we follow Miles through the loss of her best friend, see her drifting from current friends, and see her starting new unexpected relationships. We also witness Miles funneling down that spiral, and not sure if she will ever crawl back to the surface. Things get a lot worse for Miles before there is even a glimmer of hope that life will get better.
Rachel Cohn held nothing back in this book, and the result is a very intense and sometimes overwhelming sadness for the characters involved. It was one of those books that when it was done my heart hurt. I wasn't shocked to read about these teens having drugs and a drug problem. I was less shocked that the parents had no clue. It was portrayed pretty much how things are in real life. The parents are blind to their children's problems, and it takes tragedy in one family to open the eyes of another.
You Know Where to Find Me is a good book if you're into Young Adult literature. Be prepared for possible tears, and reading it in one sitting.
Reviewed by Dianna Geers for TeensReadToo.com
Laura and Miles grew up together. They were cousins who lived so close that Miles could sneak out of her room on scary, stormy nights and escape to the safety of Laura's bed. They spent hours in their tree house and hiding out in their favorite bookstore. As little girls became adolescents, though, being related and living near each other didn't guarantee closeness.
Miles liked to eat and drink. And smoke. Her body put on weight, her poorly-dyed hair never behaved, and she escaped the world by reading. Her grades sucked. She didn't care.
Laura was a beautiful, social butterfly. She was pleasant. Got good grades. Had the perfect boyfriend. The adoring father. So why is she the one who killed herself?
And Miles wonders why Laura got everything. Everything. She even got to escape the world. She got what Miles wanted. Miles planned on joining her. Who would even care if Miles died, anyway?
With that frame of mind, Miles takes several downward turns which continue to lead her in the direction her life had been heading for a long time. Laura even left Miles a secret stash of drugs to help her cope. For a while, Miles chooses to live life in a state of numbness. The worst thing to her was when the fog faded and she had to face life
without her cousin.
As you read YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME, you find touching characters. You care for them--not just Miles--but her father, Laura's father, even Laura herself. Miles falls to such a low that everyone worries about her chances of survival. But somehow in this cocoon of a druggy fog, there's a spirit of a person. A person who is stronger than many people realized. People are not always what they seem. Sometimes they are stronger. Sometimes weaker.
Rachel Cohn has written a touching novel that covers so many issues. And it leaves you thinking. Wondering. Hoping.
Laura and Miles grew up together. They were cousins who lived so close that Miles could sneak out of her room on scary, stormy nights and escape to the safety of Laura's bed. They spent hours in their tree house and hiding out in their favorite bookstore. As little girls became adolescents, though, being related and living near each other didn't guarantee closeness.
Miles liked to eat and drink. And smoke. Her body put on weight, her poorly-dyed hair never behaved, and she escaped the world by reading. Her grades sucked. She didn't care.
Laura was a beautiful, social butterfly. She was pleasant. Got good grades. Had the perfect boyfriend. The adoring father. So why is she the one who killed herself?
And Miles wonders why Laura got everything. Everything. She even got to escape the world. She got what Miles wanted. Miles planned on joining her. Who would even care if Miles died, anyway?
With that frame of mind, Miles takes several downward turns which continue to lead her in the direction her life had been heading for a long time. Laura even left Miles a secret stash of drugs to help her cope. For a while, Miles chooses to live life in a state of numbness. The worst thing to her was when the fog faded and she had to face life
without her cousin.
As you read YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME, you find touching characters. You care for them--not just Miles--but her father, Laura's father, even Laura herself. Miles falls to such a low that everyone worries about her chances of survival. But somehow in this cocoon of a druggy fog, there's a spirit of a person. A person who is stronger than many people realized. People are not always what they seem. Sometimes they are stronger. Sometimes weaker.
Rachel Cohn has written a touching novel that covers so many issues. And it leaves you thinking. Wondering. Hoping.
