You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone

Wow... what a journey

This book is about teens with their whole life ahead of them, also knowing the potential to have Huntington's disease is also a possibility. And finding out your twin has the disease? or that your twin doesn't? Wow...

The book is about dealing with this disease in their lives and understanding themselves. It is difficult to read because of how sad the situation is and what the girls do to cope. There are some very uncomfortable situations and topics that made me wish an adult would be consulted or would find out, because jeez... Seriously, Adina's whole story just made me uncomfortable and I feel so, so bad for her.

This is definitely a page-turner and the writing completely grips you. There are different types of relationships here and all of the characters have different personalities, making the book feel even more realistic.

This is a pretty mature YA book, but important, so I'm not going to shy away from recommending it to people. It is character-driven, so don't go into this thinking there is a problem that needs to be solved. I will definitely be recommending this to people who like contemporary books and don't mind the heavy issues that come up–dealing not only with Huntington's disease, but also sex, depression & anxiety, fighting with siblings, college acceptance/rejection letters, and not being sure of one's future.