I have to admit, I never would have read this book if the publisher hadn’t put it in my hands and said, “There. Read it.” They didn’t say they would shank me if I didn’t, but I’m pretty sure it was implied.
And I would have been missing out. MISSING OUT, PEOPLE. If I hadn’t decided to read it.
Because You’ll Never Meet Me is a clever, fascinating look into the lives of two very special boys. One who was born without eyes but with the ability to observe his surroundings via echolation, and the other born with electromagnetism – what seems, at first, to be an allergy to electricity.
The story cleverly follows their letters to each other. A correspondence that grows from stranger hood, to a bond so intensely strong that I almost cried at their trials and tribulations.
Ollie and Moritz don’t seem to have anything in common at first, apart from both of them being very isolated, incredibly lonely boys. One of them isolated physically out in a cabin in the woods and the other isolated from his peers and other people because he feels like a freak.
I’m not going to go into too much detail about the book. That would be bad. Bad, Kat. Bad.
But the thing I didn’t expect is how atmospheric it was. I got such a sense of Ollie’s isolation, and the world of devoid he lived in. And such a sense of Moritz’s pain and suffering. Yet both boys filled me with so much hope that I fell into little pieces while reading it. Both boys made me love them with their candor and voice and Thomas should be praised for crafting two such dissimilar yet compatible characters.
A stunning book, a story well told and two characters who made me fall in love with them. You can’t ask for much more than that.
Bieke @ Istyria book blog
I loved this book so very much! 🙂
Kat C
I saw this book while getting lost in Edelweiss last year and I was surprised I never saw more bloggers talking about it. I see they have it at my library so I will have to check it out.
It also sounds a little bit like Everything, Everything—which seems to be getting a huge marketing push.
Zareena @ The Slanted Bookshelf
I’ve seen this around a couple of times and it sounds really good! I’m glad that you loved the characters. Great review!
Zareena @ The Slanted Bookshelf
Hannah
This sounds so intriguing, and atmospheric – what a unique concept. There’s something great about friendships that develop solely through letters. Thanks for the lovely review – I’ll definitely keep an eye out for it!
Lea Krnjeta
It seems like such a unique story and I will definitely read it because I never heard of anything quite like it. Thank you for the lovely review 🙂
Amber
YAY! I am so glad you liked this one, Kat. I was actually worried about what you would think of it. I read it last month, maybe a day or two after it came out and I was amazed. Seriously, amazed. I’ve been throwing this book at people ever since. 🙂 That reminds me, I think there’s a word or two missing in your first sentence. Anyway, I loved this one a ton. I had my eyes on it since last year around November or December and requested it as soon as it was possible on NG. Ha.
Carina Olsen
Ahh! Gorgeous review Kat 😀 I’m so thrilled that you liked this book so much. But damn it. Now you have made me want it too. How mean of you 🙂 It looks so gorgeous. And it sounds so so heartbreaking and cute and ugh. I want it now. But yeah, I can’t buy it, since limited space, so only reading it if what happened to you might happen to me too 😉 Probably not :p So might end up buying it at a later time after all ;p Anyway. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about it sweetie 🙂 So happy you weren’t disappointed by it.