To start off my first review, I was excited to read this book as I thought that it'd be good, given the plot. I expected a really good elaboration on how she felt, how she dealt with the pain, what she went through and how it changed her as a person. Well, I got plenty of insight about the problems she went through but nothing much. For every book I read, I go through the characters in my head to understand their point of view and to understand their feelings and learn something from them. But in this book, I wanted nothing better than to give a good shaking to Holly. I mean, why is she still with Paul? Okay maybe she needed love but really? Sex was equivalent to love? I think not and I am baffled as to why she would even get affected by Paul. The whole thing with Paul grated on my nerves and in the middle of the book I wanted to stop reading, but however I continued as I thought the ending would be better. No dice.The ending sucked. There was no moral, the relationships between Holly, Saskia and Nils were still unresolved. The only moral that I learnt is that Holly is an immature girl and reading the book from her point of view irritated me to no end. I have never exhaled as much as I had while reading Nothing Like You compared to other books. And what's with the lack of closure? I dislike books that depends more on my imagination than the author's. Maybe it's just me.The salvaging points are Nils and Saskia. They are the only normal people who seems to have their heads screwed on right and I have developed a rather strong liking to Nils. Other than that, I wished I never read this book as I would be feeling uneasy over the lack of closure. But maybe this book just wasn't for me, it might be for others though. Give it a try. Ugh. This book left me feeling gritty, and a little nauseated. The narrator has little to no development- scratch that, most of the characters have little to no development. The whole time, you keep waiting for her to make a decision that a rational person would make, or at least provide some insight into why she keeps making horrible decisions, but the reader receives neither. Only a swift lesson in morbid reality.
What do You think about Ninguém Como Você (2009)?
Beautiful and painful and stark and raw, in all the best ways. Longer review to follow.
—Malybe
One word: Amazing. I couldn't put it down.
—Elbee
Its good so far i might just finish today.
—iluvbooks
