Author: Sarah Crossan
Language: Estonian
Format: paperback
Rating: 4 stars
Reading challenge: A book with a title that is a number
No of pages: 384
Date read: 10.11.2017
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Grace and Tippi. Tippi and Grace. Two sisters. Two hearts. Two dreams. Two lives. But one body.Grace and Tippi are conjoined twins, joined at the waist, defying the odds of survival for sixteen years. They share everything, and they are everything to each other. They would never imagine being apart. For them, that would be the real tragedy.But something is happening to them. Something they hoped would never happen. And Grace doesn’t want to admit it. Not even to Tippi.How long can they hide from the truth—how long before they must face the most impossible choice of their lives?
I honestly didn't expect to love this book as much as I did. At first glance it shouldn't be my kind of a book with its kind of odd writing style (everything is in verse), but somehow this well-researched story grabbed my attention, stole my heart and even managed to make me tear up a bit at the end! I know! It's nigh impossible to make me tear up, but this book managed it. This story is so beautiful, so sad, so well-researched and I can truly understand why it said on the back cover that there isn't a person out there who's not going to tear up after reading this book.
I admit, my knowledge of Siamese twins was pretty basic so far, but this book managed to give me a slightly different perspective on things. I used to think that if I were a Siamese twin, I'd want to get separated,but One managed to make me realize that separation is not the only option because maybe these conjoined twins don't want to be separated. It isn't just about fear of dying, it's also about the want to be together with your soul mate - even if it is your twin.
I admit, my knowledge of Siamese twins was pretty basic so far, but this book managed to give me a slightly different perspective on things. I used to think that if I were a Siamese twin, I'd want to get separated,but One managed to make me realize that separation is not the only option because maybe these conjoined twins don't want to be separated. It isn't just about fear of dying, it's also about the want to be together with your soul mate - even if it is your twin.
Maybe I've been wrong about free verse not being my cup of tea, because this story telling way worked beautifully for me. It made me cheer for Grace and Tippi, it made me feel things I hadn't thought possible and it just worked. Wonderfully. And if it made a coldhearted reader such as myself tear up a bit, just imagine what it might do to more crying prone readers!
Definitely recommended.
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