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Available
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Publication
Wednesday Books [First Edition]
Pages
296
Description
Romance. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML: An Instant New York Times Bestseller! If I Stay meets Your Name in Dustin Thao's You've Reached Sam, a heartfelt novel about love and loss and what it means to say goodbye. Seventeen-year-old Julie Clarke has her future all planned out�??move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city; spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes. Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his belongings, and tries everything to forget him. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces memories to return. Desperate to hear him one more time, Julie calls Sam's cell phone just to listen to his voice mail recording. And Sam picks up the phone. The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam's voice makes Julie fall for him all over again and with each call, it becomes harder to let him go. What would you do if you had a second chance at goodbye? A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List Selection A Cosmo.com Best YA Book Of 2021 A Buzzfeed Best Book Of November A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book… (more)
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
296 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
1250762030 / 9781250762030
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LibraryThing member SherDEMomma
I received an e-copy of this story for my honest review.
This is one of the most intensively emotional, heart-rending, and cathartic books I have ever read. We get to experience the strong love of two people, and the devastation when one is suddenly taken from the other. And then, the journey that
This is one of the most intensively emotional, heart-rending, and cathartic books I have ever read. We get to experience the strong love of two people, and the devastation when one is suddenly taken from the other. And then, the journey that
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LibraryThing member deslivres5
If you need a good cry, get the tissues ready towards the end of this novel.
I sped through listening to the audiobook version of You've Reached Sam, as I had an inkling/wish about how I wanted this one to end. It didn't end as I expected, but surprisingly, that was okay.
I'm not sure how much more
The main character I felt was a bit grating/desperate, but that might have just been their grief.
I sped through listening to the audiobook version of You've Reached Sam, as I had an inkling/wish about how I wanted this one to end. It didn't end as I expected, but surprisingly, that was okay.
I'm not sure how much more
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to say without spoilers. Romantic. High School. Senior Year. The main theme is working through grief, with a fantasy bent.The main character I felt was a bit grating/desperate, but that might have just been their grief.
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LibraryThing member Carolee888
his book was not for me. I spent today reading and reading and not liking it. The beginning is jerky to me. I felt like the author skipped a lot of the story. When I thought that i knew what was going on, the planks dropped from beneath my feet. That is it, I did not like the way the book made me
I received an Avanced Reading Copy of this book from the publisher as a win in a First Reads Contest. My thoughts and feelings are entirely my own.
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feel, confused and wanting to escape.I received an Avanced Reading Copy of this book from the publisher as a win in a First Reads Contest. My thoughts and feelings are entirely my own.
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LibraryThing member Lea.Pearl
Oh that prologue really just draws you right in to Julie's emotional journey.
Soneela Nankani narrates an already beautifully heartbreaking story with such perfection. Each character really comes to life in the audiobook and I found myself having a hard time pausing the book to do important
You've Reached Sam is an absolutely heavy, slow-burn story about the weight of grief and young love with just a sprinkling of magic tossed in. What I wouldn't give to be able to pick up the phone and talk to someone I care for again. This book definitely hits all the feels.
Big thank you to Macmillan Audio via NetGalley for the audio-ARC to listen to and honestly review.
Soneela Nankani narrates an already beautifully heartbreaking story with such perfection. Each character really comes to life in the audiobook and I found myself having a hard time pausing the book to do important
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stuff...like eat.You've Reached Sam is an absolutely heavy, slow-burn story about the weight of grief and young love with just a sprinkling of magic tossed in. What I wouldn't give to be able to pick up the phone and talk to someone I care for again. This book definitely hits all the feels.
Big thank you to Macmillan Audio via NetGalley for the audio-ARC to listen to and honestly review.
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LibraryThing member Jenniferforjoy
Recommended: if you think you're interested
For folks who read the premise and think they'll like it, for a very singular dive into one person and issue
Thoughts:
For such a normal-length book, this felt like it flew by. In this case... that's not exactly a good thing (or a bad thing). This book sets
I suppose I expected a little more depth of the world around them, but Julie remains very much the focus as she is drowning in her own grief and hurt. Fair, I mean, grieving and all. There was a bit with other characters who were close to Sam -- his best friend, his sister and parents, his classmates -- but the way it was presented was so topical and unimportant precisely because Julie is so wallow-deep in her own issues. It's accurate for sure, but presenting the others as second fiddle ended up being exactly how they stayed to me.
Julie is not my favorite person, so my empathy was a bit lacking for what I would expect in this subject matter. Everyone grieves differently, but even ignoring that aspect, the who that makes her up was underwhelming.
Last thing that dropped this for me: the alternating timeline between before and after Sam's death. I don't usually mind that, but here it felt like a very lazy way of establishing who he was. We can't go back in time to get him back, so I would have liked the story to reflect that in it's style by relying on characters and memory to define Sam. He's dead -- he can no longer define himself, and exists only from the people and place he's remembered in.
Even though this book flew by, it also d r a g g e d. I didn't want to finish this, and in fact stopped a few chapters in on my first attempt. This story didn't elicit emotion from me, which isn't good considering it's a sad story about death and grief and heartbreak, coupled with the fact that I am a very easy crier with my sympathetic heartstrings! This one was sadly lacking for me.
Thanks to NetGalley and Wednesday books for an free advanced copy of this title. This is my honest and voluntary review!
For folks who read the premise and think they'll like it, for a very singular dive into one person and issue
Thoughts:
For such a normal-length book, this felt like it flew by. In this case... that's not exactly a good thing (or a bad thing). This book sets
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out to tell the story of Julie's guilt and grief over Sam's death, and that's exactly what it tells. The weird thing is that it's also the only thing that it tells. This book has a very tight focus on the issue it aims to address. While, again, that's not a bad thing, it was strange in that it ended up reading more like short story for me since there was only one thread to the plot.I suppose I expected a little more depth of the world around them, but Julie remains very much the focus as she is drowning in her own grief and hurt. Fair, I mean, grieving and all. There was a bit with other characters who were close to Sam -- his best friend, his sister and parents, his classmates -- but the way it was presented was so topical and unimportant precisely because Julie is so wallow-deep in her own issues. It's accurate for sure, but presenting the others as second fiddle ended up being exactly how they stayed to me.
Julie is not my favorite person, so my empathy was a bit lacking for what I would expect in this subject matter. Everyone grieves differently, but even ignoring that aspect, the who that makes her up was underwhelming.
Last thing that dropped this for me: the alternating timeline between before and after Sam's death. I don't usually mind that, but here it felt like a very lazy way of establishing who he was. We can't go back in time to get him back, so I would have liked the story to reflect that in it's style by relying on characters and memory to define Sam. He's dead -- he can no longer define himself, and exists only from the people and place he's remembered in.
Even though this book flew by, it also d r a g g e d. I didn't want to finish this, and in fact stopped a few chapters in on my first attempt. This story didn't elicit emotion from me, which isn't good considering it's a sad story about death and grief and heartbreak, coupled with the fact that I am a very easy crier with my sympathetic heartstrings! This one was sadly lacking for me.
Thanks to NetGalley and Wednesday books for an free advanced copy of this title. This is my honest and voluntary review!
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Awards
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — 2024)
Delaware Diamonds Award (Nominee — 2023)
Young Adult Favorites Award (2023)
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