Again Again by E. Lockhart

When Adelaide Buchman's younger brother succumbs to a drug overdose, she saves his life. In the aftermath, looking for distraction, she becomes a stylish, bright charmer who blows off school and falls madly in love - even though her heart is shattered. Adelaide is catapulted into a summer of wild possibility, during which she will fall in and out of love a thousand times while finally confronting her brother, their history, and her own strength.

Adelaide is walking dogs, her summer job, when she sees a boy. She remembers him. She met him long ago, at a party in Boston. She tells him. He doesn't remember her.

Adelaide is walking dogs, her summer job, when she sees a boy. She remembers him. She met him long ago, at a party in Boston. She tells him. He says he's never been to Boston.

Adelaide is walking dogs, her summer job, when she sees a boy. She remembers him. She met him long ago, at a party in Boston. She confronts him angrily about why he never got in touch with her. He feels no need to make conversation with her.

Adelaide is walking dogs, her summer job, when she sees a boy. She remembers him. She met him long ago, at a party in Boston. She tells him he wrote her a poem. He remembers that he often writes people poems, but he doesn't remember writing her a poem...

And that's the way this wonderful, surprising, quirky story goes, page after page of possibilities, of what could happen, what might happen, stories of hope, stories of despair. A completely fresh approach to a novel.

Was honestly just a cozy read that I would recomend everyone to read. Asumming you do not want something deep, well written or that will teach you anything.
It was just easy to read honestly and felt relxing

E. Lockhart writes reality with a passion similar to some of my very favorite YA Authors; ie. Rainbow Rowell, Becky Albertali, and Nick Lake. The characters in Again, Again are developed in such a way that you can reach out and touch them. They are familiar, they are friends, neighbors, or loved ones. Their actions and feelings are real to the nature of the persona they characterize.

I really enjoyed this read, I loved the juxtaposition of the alternative realities. At points, I felt as though I had the privilege of picking and choosing my adventure, even though I truly didn't. There were portions of this that were difficult to read as Adelaide (our heroine) deals with the realities involved with having an addict as a family member. Often she was heartbroken, unsure in the surety of her feelings, unsure of her place in her family, or at the school, or in the turbulent nature of her romantic entanglements.

Overall this was a really delightful read, but it let me down in one area. I received no closure for Adelaide. Where the end was open, it was hopeful, but it was just one of many alternative universes, and one that hadn't even been portrayed throughout the story, and even for those that were... well... I wasn't a fan of how they ended.

Let me know if you feel differently. I am very curious to see how people receive this book.