ily 's Reviews > Everlost

I imagine the center of the Earth must be a crowded place by now, but perhaps it is the spirits of those of us residing there that keep the Earth alive and green.

It's really hard to find a good young adult novel. That's the genre I read most. However, it is also the one that displeases me most, because almost all of its books contain the same repetitive, tediuos and boring story that it's focused on a chiclé teenage romance. Neal Shusterman has done that weird thing: he wrote a young adult book that doesn't fit into that category; whose characters are atractive and well-developed. An unpredictable and adventurous first book on a series.

I'm a huge fan of this author. Ever since the Unwind Distology finished, I¿ve wanted to read more from Shusterman -- and so I did. I started with Bruiser, and it became one of the most wonderful stories I've read. And then I picked Everlost up, thinking it wouldn't be as good as Bruiser. Once again, I was wrong. What I like about Shusterman is how well he knows what's he's writing about. His books handle very polemic and serious matters, but he knows exactly how to give you a new sort of perspective with his stories. He provides us with reflexions about life and death.

There are mysteries in Everlost. Some of them are wonderful, and others scary. They should all be explored, though- perhaps that's why we're here: to experience the good and the bad that Everlost has to offer.

Credit for:

One: Creativity and originality. Life and Death. What happens when we die?, ¿where do we go? That's something I hadn't read before.

Two: Main Characters. I loved Allie, Nick and Lief, though they don't compare to Connor, Risa and Lev. What I like about them is the fact they're not completely good or bad people. They're all in a intermedial point, where you don't know whether they'll become the villains or the heros.

Three: The story of Everlost is nostalgic, but also moving and funny, because its characters are kids. Kids who are struggling with the place they find themselves at.

It can be said, then, that Everlost is heaven...for the places that deserve a share of forever.

It might be disturbing to read about dead children who are trying to get their lives back, but Everlost is more than that: it is a imaginitive story about what might lie between life and death; a thought-provoking, memorable and magical book.