3.5 stars
Six months after she loses her mom, Holly is cold and emotionally numb.
This is her senior year and she just doesn’t care anymore about her
life. Then she does the unthinkable: she loses her virginity to Paul,
the popular guy she barely knows.
Assuming this to be one-night-stand, it’s a great shock for Holly
when Paul persists on seeing her. Paul belongs to popular crowd and he
already has a long-term girlfriend, a really sweet girl named Saskia. It
seems strange that he even pays attention to Holly. At first, it’s easy
to ignore Saskia and the guilty feeling of sleeping with somebody’s
boyfriend. But then Holly becomes friends with Saskia, and eventually
she realizes that the price she has to pay for her recklessness is too
high.
When I first picked the book, I assumed that Nothing Like You is
gonna be a light read. Boy, was I ever wrong. Nothing Like You is a sad
book about overcoming grief and loss of a significant other. Yes, Holly
does make bad decisions, yet I feel like I can understand the reasons.
Her mother’s death has changed Holly, and she will never be the same
Holly from junior year.
It breaks my heart that Holly seems to respect herself less. She is
loved and cared by so many people but she just can’t feel that. Holly’s
relationship with Nils, her one and only guy friend, is something that I
hoped would be the one to heal her heart. Throughout the book, I kept
hoping that Holly will come to her senses and realize that her world
hasn’t shattered yet. And she will get better because time will heal every wound.
He tugged at my hair. “How come you never get sad, Holly? I think it’s weird you don’t ever get sad.”
“I do get sad.” I stood, dusting some dirt off my butt. “Just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t there.”
“I do get sad.” I stood, dusting some dirt off my butt. “Just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t there.”
I rate this book:
Four cups of tea. Amazing! Love the book, it’s simply
awesome. I love the tea flavor! A strong
recommendation.
