![]() ![]() Even so, this book will challenge readers to reconsider storytelling and what it means to know and truly care for someone. There is a lot of emotional buildup, and readers may feel let down by the unraveling of the mystery. ![]() Through the haunting photographs, redacted text (much of the text has been struck through, as Evan edits, revises, and negates his thoughts and feelings), readers learn more about Ariel’s mental problems and the psychological damage Evan feels in her absence. ![]() The tortured narrator, Evan, suffers even more than his friends can know, and Levithan uses text strike-outs to reveal the feelings his character struggles to hide. ![]() High school students Evan, who narrates, and Jack, both loved troubled Ariel and feel guilty for the role they played in her being “gone.” When Evan finds a photograph in an envelope, it leads him to other images and to the conclusion that someone is stalking them, someone who blames them for what happened to Ariel. EVERY YOU, EVERY ME is emo with a capital E, but its also a terrifically relatable and powerful book for teens. Levithan (Love Is the Higher Law) is back with an unusual book that has an equally unusual path to creation in his afterword, Levithan explains that the novel was inspired by the cover photograph, and that the book’s mystery was shaped by photographs Farmer supplied him along the way. Ex-Library In this high school-set psychological tale, a tormented teen named Evan starts to discover a series of. ![]()
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