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Title: Nobody But Us
Author: Kristin Halbrook
Release date: January 29, 2013
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages: 272
Source: Publisher
Reading level: YA
They’re young. They’re in love. They’re on the run.
Zoe wants to save Will as much as Will wants to save Zoe. When Will turns eighteen, they decide to run away together. But they never expected their escape to be so fraught with danger….
When the whole world is after you, sometimes it seems like you can’t run fast enough.
Nobody But Us, told in alternating perspectives from Will and Zoe, is an unflinching novel, in turns heartbreaking and hopeful, about survival, choices, and love…and how having love doesn’t always mean that you get a happy ending.
Nobody But Us is pitched as If I Stay meets Bonnie and Clyde. After reading that I knew I had to give this book a shot. I had super high expectations and I think that might be why I didn’t really like it all that much. Nobody But Us let me down.
Zoe and Will held no interest to me. From the very start of the book I felt no connection to them and I didn’t care one way or the other what happened to them. I thought that I might grow to like them as characters throughout the book but that wasn’t the case. If anything I felt more distanced from them as the book went on. Zoe was rather weak and she never seemed to make any decisions of her own. First she let her dad run her life and then she let Will do it. I wanted to see her have a backbone and decide what was right for herself. Then there was Will. I didn’t get the romantic appeal of Will. He didn’t seem smart, funny, kind, or really anything good. He seemed dangerous in a bad way and his attachment to Zoe was really unhealthy. His whole life circled around her and she was all he cared about, even more than his own life. Running away together was not a good idea for them and I could see that from the beginning.
Normally I like switching points-of-view and I did kind of with this book but one thing that really bothered me was Will’s dialect. He and Zoe were at opposite ends of the spectrum. In her chapters everything was educated and well put, even the thoughts going on in her head. In Will’s chapters that was so not the case. Will’s chapters are told through a rather dumbed down almost hick kind of dialect. I know Will was supposed to be rather stupid but it really annoyed me. I couldn’t get into his chapters because of the dialect and it really kept me from getting into the story.
Also, this book is rather odd. It’s set in present day but it doesn’t read like it. I almost felt like it should have been set in the 1950s or so with the way people talked, acted, and things like that. Even the setting seemed old fashioned for some reason. It was rather odd.
The only really good thing about Nobody But Us was the writing. Kristin Halbrook is very clearly a talented writer. I found myself continuing with this story just because I loved the writing so much. Most of the story is set in a desolate, desert landscape but the way Kristin Halbrook writes makes it seem so beautiful. I also must mention that even though I didn’t really connect with Zoe and Will when the ending came around I found myself with tears in my eyes. I felt that between the writing and the second half of the book I hadn’t wasted my time. It was worth it.
Overall, while I didn’t love Nobody But Us I will definitely be checking out Kristin Halbrook’s upcoming books for the writing alone. If you don’t expect too much from this book I think you could really enjoy it!
Looking for more reviews of Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook?
The Perpetual Page-Turner’s review
The Irish Banana Review’s review
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Title: Nobody But Us
Author: Kristin Halbrook
Release date: January 29, 2013
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages: 272
Source: Publisher
Reading level: YA
They’re young. They’re in love. They’re on the run.
Zoe wants to save Will as much as Will wants to save Zoe. When Will turns eighteen, they decide to run away together. But they never expected their escape to be so fraught with danger….
When the whole world is after you, sometimes it seems like you can’t run fast enough.
Nobody But Us, told in alternating perspectives from Will and Zoe, is an unflinching novel, in turns heartbreaking and hopeful, about survival, choices, and love…and how having love doesn’t always mean that you get a happy ending.
Nobody But Us is pitched as If I Stay meets Bonnie and Clyde. After reading that I knew I had to give this book a shot. I had super high expectations and I think that might be why I didn’t really like it all that much. Nobody But Us let me down.
Zoe and Will held no interest to me. From the very start of the book I felt no connection to them and I didn’t care one way or the other what happened to them. I thought that I might grow to like them as characters throughout the book but that wasn’t the case. If anything I felt more distanced from them as the book went on. Zoe was rather weak and she never seemed to make any decisions of her own. First she let her dad run her life and then she let Will do it. I wanted to see her have a backbone and decide what was right for herself. Then there was Will. I didn’t get the romantic appeal of Will. He didn’t seem smart, funny, kind, or really anything good. He seemed dangerous in a bad way and his attachment to Zoe was really unhealthy. His whole life circled around her and she was all he cared about, even more than his own life. Running away together was not a good idea for them and I could see that from the beginning.
Normally I like switching points-of-view and I did kind of with this book but one thing that really bothered me was Will’s dialect. He and Zoe were at opposite ends of the spectrum. In her chapters everything was educated and well put, even the thoughts going on in her head. In Will’s chapters that was so not the case. Will’s chapters are told through a rather dumbed down almost hick kind of dialect. I know Will was supposed to be rather stupid but it really annoyed me. I couldn’t get into his chapters because of the dialect and it really kept me from getting into the story.
Also, this book is rather odd. It’s set in present day but it doesn’t read like it. I almost felt like it should have been set in the 1950s or so with the way people talked, acted, and things like that. Even the setting seemed old fashioned for some reason. It was rather odd.
The only really good thing about Nobody But Us was the writing. Kristin Halbrook is very clearly a talented writer. I found myself continuing with this story just because I loved the writing so much. Most of the story is set in a desolate, desert landscape but the way Kristin Halbrook writes makes it seem so beautiful. I also must mention that even though I didn’t really connect with Zoe and Will when the ending came around I found myself with tears in my eyes. I felt that between the writing and the second half of the book I hadn’t wasted my time. It was worth it.
Overall, while I didn’t love Nobody But Us I will definitely be checking out Kristin Halbrook’s upcoming books for the writing alone. If you don’t expect too much from this book I think you could really enjoy it!
Looking for more reviews of Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook?
The Perpetual Page-Turner’s review
The Irish Banana Review’s review
Title: Nobody But Us
Author: Kristin Halbrook
Release date: January 29, 2013
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages: 272
Source: Publisher
Reading level: YA
They’re young. They’re in love. They’re on the run.
Zoe wants to save Will as much as Will wants to save Zoe. When Will turns eighteen, they decide to run away together. But they never expected their escape to be so fraught with danger….
When the whole world is after you, sometimes it seems like you can’t run fast enough.
Nobody But Us, told in alternating perspectives from Will and Zoe, is an unflinching novel, in turns heartbreaking and hopeful, about survival, choices, and love…and how having love doesn’t always mean that you get a happy ending.
Nobody But Us is pitched as If I Stay meets Bonnie and Clyde. After reading that I knew I had to give this book a shot. I had super high expectations and I think that might be why I didn’t really like it all that much. Nobody But Us let me down.
Zoe and Will held no interest to me. From the very start of the book I felt no connection to them and I didn’t care one way or the other what happened to them. I thought that I might grow to like them as characters throughout the book but that wasn’t the case. If anything I felt more distanced from them as the book went on. Zoe was rather weak and she never seemed to make any decisions of her own. First she let her dad run her life and then she let Will do it. I wanted to see her have a backbone and decide what was right for herself. Then there was Will. I didn’t get the romantic appeal of Will. He didn’t seem smart, funny, kind, or really anything good. He seemed dangerous in a bad way and his attachment to Zoe was really unhealthy. His whole life circled around her and she was all he cared about, even more than his own life. Running away together was not a good idea for them and I could see that from the beginning.
Normally I like switching points-of-view and I did kind of with this book but one thing that really bothered me was Will’s dialect. He and Zoe were at opposite ends of the spectrum. In her chapters everything was educated and well put, even the thoughts going on in her head. In Will’s chapters that was so not the case. Will’s chapters are told through a rather dumbed down almost hick kind of dialect. I know Will was supposed to be rather stupid but it really annoyed me. I couldn’t get into his chapters because of the dialect and it really kept me from getting into the story.
Also, this book is rather odd. It’s set in present day but it doesn’t read like it. I almost felt like it should have been set in the 1950s or so with the way people talked, acted, and things like that. Even the setting seemed old fashioned for some reason. It was rather odd.
The only really good thing about Nobody But Us was the writing. Kristin Halbrook is very clearly a talented writer. I found myself continuing with this story just because I loved the writing so much. Most of the story is set in a desolate, desert landscape but the way Kristin Halbrook writes makes it seem so beautiful. I also must mention that even though I didn’t really connect with Zoe and Will when the ending came around I found myself with tears in my eyes. I felt that between the writing and the second half of the book I hadn’t wasted my time. It was worth it.
Overall, while I didn’t love Nobody But Us I will definitely be checking out Kristin Halbrook’s upcoming books for the writing alone. If you don’t expect too much from this book I think you could really enjoy it!
Looking for more reviews of Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook?
The Perpetual Page-Turner’s review
The Irish Banana Review’s review
Nobody But Us is pitched as If I Stay meets Bonnie and Clyde. After reading that I knew I had to give this book a shot. I had super high expectations and I think that might be why I didn’t really like it all that much. Nobody But Us let me down.
Zoe and Will held no interest to me. From the very start of the book I felt no connection to them and I didn’t care one way or the other what happened to them. I thought that I might grow to like them as characters throughout the book but that wasn’t the case. If anything I felt more distanced from them as the book went on. Zoe was rather weak and she never seemed to make any decisions of her own. First she let her dad run her life and then she let Will do it. I wanted to see her have a backbone and decide what was right for herself. Then there was Will. I didn’t get the romantic appeal of Will. He didn’t seem smart, funny, kind, or really anything good. He seemed dangerous in a bad way and his attachment to Zoe was really unhealthy. His whole life circled around her and she was all he cared about, even more than his own life. Running away together was not a good idea for them and I could see that from the beginning.
Normally I like switching points-of-view and I did kind of with this book but one thing that really bothered me was Will’s dialect. He and Zoe were at opposite ends of the spectrum. In her chapters everything was educated and well put, even the thoughts going on in her head. In Will’s chapters that was so not the case. Will’s chapters are told through a rather dumbed down almost hick kind of dialect. I know Will was supposed to be rather stupid but it really annoyed me. I couldn’t get into his chapters because of the dialect and it really kept me from getting into the story.
Also, this book is rather odd. It’s set in present day but it doesn’t read like it. I almost felt like it should have been set in the 1950s or so with the way people talked, acted, and things like that. Even the setting seemed old fashioned for some reason. It was rather odd.
The only really good thing about Nobody But Us was the writing. Kristin Halbrook is very clearly a talented writer. I found myself continuing with this story just because I loved the writing so much. Most of the story is set in a desolate, desert landscape but the way Kristin Halbrook writes makes it seem so beautiful. I also must mention that even though I didn’t really connect with Zoe and Will when the ending came around I found myself with tears in my eyes. I felt that between the writing and the second half of the book I hadn’t wasted my time. It was worth it.
Overall, while I didn’t love Nobody But Us I will definitely be checking out Kristin Halbrook’s upcoming books for the writing alone. If you don’t expect too much from this book I think you could really enjoy it!
Looking for more reviews of Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook?
The Perpetual Page-Turner’s review
The Irish Banana Review’s review
