By inviting Olly over, she was proving to her that nothing was impossible and there were other ways to live even with her condition. She was so caring and loving, it’s easy to understand why she did what she did for Maddy. My favorite character was actually Madeline’s nurse, Carla. She’s clearly a smart girl, so why wouldn’t she ask more about it? She literally never questioned her mother about it, she just accepted it as fact. However, what makes no sense is that Maddy never questioned it. I appreciate that her mother had a lot of mental health problems due to the death of her dad and brother so her lying about Maddy having this extremely rare genetic disorder doesn’t seem as far-fetched. She wants to live but finds it impossible to do so inside the four walls of her home that soon starts to feel like a prison. She seems shy and introverted for a while, but you actually come to learn she’s not that way at all.
I find it uplifting because you get to see her grow so much as the book progresses. Only, everything really isn’t as it seems. There are rigorous health and safety checks for visitors to partake in before they can even step foot into the house as any ‘outside germ’ has the potential to kill her. Such as having a romantic relationship – she never thought that would be achievable given her deadly illness.įrom the beginning of the book, you learn that she literally is allergic to everything. In a weird way, this book is uplifting as you see her flourish in areas she always expected to fail in.
It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.įollowing Madeline through her different, and difficult, lifestyle was definitely an adventure worth taking. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. To want everything, everything the world has to offer. I learn that when I talk to him, my whole world opens up, and I feel myself starting to change-starting to want things. I learn that his eyes are Atlantic Ocean-blue and that his vice is stealing silverware. I want to learn everything about him, and I do.
He’s tall, lean and wearing all black-black t-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.īut then one day, a moving truck arrives. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in fifteen years. It’s a form of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, but basically, I’m allergic to the world.
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