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princessdave · 25 days

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I’m suffering. I read a lit fic book that’s 10 years old and has nearly no presence on Tumblr, but I’m obsessed with it and have no content to focus this obsession on. No one to rant about it with. No fan art. My brain is rotting without purpose like the spinach in your fridge you told yourself you were going to finish.

Sigh

Anyways, Everything I Never Told You was really good, read it if you want to I guess. I’m gonna be thinking about two of the characters forever and the last quarter of it altered my brain chemistry.

#everything I never told you #lit fic #nath lee #jack wolff #hannah lee deserves the world

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reverie-quotes · 1 year

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The things that go unsaid are often the things that eat at you—whether because you didn't get to have your say, or because the other person never got to hear you and really wanted to.

— Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You

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torisdiary · 26 days

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reading update –

this was heavy and heartbreaking and i really liked it but every time James opened his mouth i wanted to punch him in the face. 4 stars.

#bookblr #books #reading log #reading update #book review #reading #torisdiary #book blog #bookworm #2024 #April #everything i never told you #celeste ng #i dont know how to write book reviews

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limsjaebeom · 7 months

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SPOILER: everything i never told you

finished everything i never told you and... wow.

tbh i really liked the book, in term of the story, character portrayal even with their flaws and everything.

but the highlight for me hand down was JACK.

"A drop of water trickled out of Nath’s hair, like a shy little mouse, and ran down the nape of his neck. It made its slow way between his shoulder blades, and where his back curved, it dropped straight down, as if it had jumped off a cliff, and splashed onto the back of Jack’s hand. Nath, facing away from Jack, didn’t see it, and neither did Lydia. Only Hannah, saw it fall. In her ears, it made a noise, like a cannon shot. And Jack himself jumped. He stared at the drop of water without moving, as if it were a rare insect that might fly away. Then, without looking at any of them, he raised his hand to his mouth and touched his tongue to it, as if it were honey.

It happened so quickly that if she were a different person, Hannah might have wondered if she’d imagined it. No one else saw. Nath was still turned away; Lydia had her eyes shut now against the sun. But the moment flashed lightning-bright to Hannah. Years of yearning had made her sensitive, the way a starving dog twitches its nostrils at the faintest scent of food. She could not mistake it. She recognized it at once: love, one-way deep adoration that bounced off and did not bounce back; careful, quiet love that didn’t care and went on anyway. It was too familiar to be surprising. Something deep inside her stretched out and curled around Jack like a shawl, but he didn’t notice."

these 2 paras changed my life.

like i know the book at the end indicates that they ended up together but i need a sequel on jack and nath. I NEED TO KNOW THEIR STORY. nath absolutely HATED jack throughout the book except for the last page. when he realized that jack wasn't involved in lydia's death.

like i have never read such a good portrayal of unrequited love. it changed me as a person. i want nothing but to know more.

#everything i never told you #jack x nath #jack wolff #nathan lee #nath lee #book #spoilers #please make it into a show

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cosmiccowboystuddies · 13 days

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books, books, and more books

THE NIGHTSTAND PILE

The Foxhole Court

5 Survive

All Your Twisted Lies

If We Were Villains

CURRENT TBR

Everything I Never Told You

Hench

The Hunger Games Trilogy

Song Of Achillies

A Good Girls Guide To Murder

No Longer Human

Good Girl Bad Blood

Of Mice and Men

The Girls I've Been

Freak The Mighty

Dune

A Song of Ice and Fire

The Raven Boys Trilogy

NEED TO ANNOTATE

A Secret History- Donna Tart

Taming the Star Runner- S.E Hinton

Rumblefish- S.E Hinton

NEED TO REREAD

The Outsiders- S.E Hinton ( Writing Style, Diction, and narrations, and Structure)

If We Were Villians- ML Rio (Genre Analysis, Structure and Literary Devices)

WANT TO READ NEXT

The Sunshine Court

All The Young Dudes

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

A Little Life

Anne of Green Gables

The Idealist

Dark Rise

Six of Crows

Little Fires Everywhere

Neon Gods

Red Queen

The Perks of Being A Wallflower

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lifeimitatesart1998 · 2 years

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Happy September! 🍂

#books #book #book account #bookworm #coffee and books #cosy autumn #autumn #pumpkin #pumpkin mug #harry potter books #everything i never told you #reader #book lover #book aesthetic #plants #books and plants

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chaotic-theatrical-weaver · 10 months

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Inappropriate Audition Songs: a dump

Hi, I’m auditioning for literally any Arthur Miller protagonist ever and I’ll be singing “Miserable Man” by David Kushner.

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Hi, I’m auditioning for Lydia Lee and I’ll be singing “Drown” by Tyler Joseph.

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Hi, I’m auditioning for Dr. Stockmann and I’ll be singing “Water Fountain” by Alec Benjamin.

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Hi, I’m auditioning for Schrodinger’s cat and I’ll be singing a medley of songs by half•alive.

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Hi, I’m auditioning for Mary Warren and I’ll be singing “Your Obedient Servant” from Hamilton.

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Hi, I’m auditioning for Peter Pan and I’ll be singing “Shadow of Mine” by Alec Benjamin.

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Hi, I’m auditioning for Montresor and I’ll be singing “bury a friend” by Billie Eilish.

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Hi, I’m auditioning for Abigail Williams and I’ll be singing “If I Killed Someone for You” by Alec Benjamin.

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Hi, I’m auditioning for Kelly Manning and I’ll be singing “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.

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Hi, I’m auditioning for Evan Hansen and I’ll be singing “Honest Man” by Ben Platt.

#inappropriate audition songs #arthur miller #the crucible #death of a salesman #all my sons #henrik ibsen #amy herzog #an enemy of the people #etp #celeste ng #everything i never told you #lydia lee #peter pan #the mad ones #tmo musical #kelly manning #dear evan hansen

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amoresperros2000 · 1 year

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You said I killed you — haunt me, then! The murdered do haunt their murderers. I believe — I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always — take any form — drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!

william blake, my spectre around me night and day... / emily brontë, wuthering heights / celeste ng, everything i never told you / george roux, spirit, 1885 / hamlet's parents: the dynamic formulation of a tragedy / fred elwell, the wedding dress, 1911 / jamie-lee kriewitz, ghost

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henrietta-blues · 11 months

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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

“He pushed her in. And then he pulled her out. All her life, Lydia would remember one thing. All his life, Nath would remember another.”

#everything I never told you #Celeste ng #books #nick’s summer reading list

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the-not-so-lowly-bookworm · 6 months

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Celeste Ng’s style of writing feels so effortless that if it weren’t for the grief and dread blanketing the pages, I would easily call this a One Day Read. Her tragically hopeful ending knocked the wind out of me. This is far sadder and deeper than Little Fires Everywhere, in my opinion.

8/10

#celeste ng #everything i never told you #little fires everywhere #novel recommendation #novel review #booklr #book reviews #books #book recs 2023 #book review

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a-skirmish-of-wit-and-lit · 15 days

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Book Review: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

A sad, quiet family portrait. Gorgeously written.

Celeste Ng is a master at encapsulating what makes people people - the mismatch between what is thought vs. what is spoken, the way our closest relationships can enrich our lives or deteriorate in ways we could never imagine, how the everyday can be rife with profound little moments, with misunderstandings that can taint everything we thought we knew about someone we loved - and I appreciate how her stories force readers to slow down and gaze at the mundane. To really pierce its layers. I love how she manages to unravel a tapestry of human emotion and psychology that is so rich, so complex, it can only be achieved with the utmost subtlety.

Ng's books, especially her characters, are onion-like as a result. Pieces fall away slowly, peel back in increments. Like layers of tissue paper, they crinkle, they bunch, sometimes they even tear, with the turn of every new page. The result of that is a journey that is less about what happens and more about how the characters processes emotionally - alone, together - in secret, in public - what does happen.

This book starts in such a simple way, with the simplest seed: Lydia Lee is dead. From there, it flourishes into a tale of loss and grief, of struggles with race and gender identity and belonging, and of expectations that can burden anyone to the point of suffocation.

I'm still marveling at how much this story made me feel, the way it left me with a pervasive sense of sadness for the entire Lee family, walking me through their tragedy with excruciating slowness and focus. It was that focus, I believe, that intricate hovering bullseye which made it impossible for any of the characters to escape their thoughts, their regrets, all of those conflicting human emotions one can't help but feel, which made this such a profound and moving read. Just beautiful.

4/5 stars

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#ashlee bree's book reviews #everything i never told you #celeste ng #contemporary #literary fiction #recs: ashlee approved!#read april 2024 #bookblr #booklr #book reviews #book recs

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laurwriter · 1 year

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i turned my favourite books into penguin classics

we’re ignoring og the great gatsby here

#bookaddict #bookstagram #bookblr #bookworm #the great gatsby #if i had your face #everything i never told you #babel

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reverie-quotes · 1 year

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It will be all right, she told herself, and she stepped out of the boat into the water.

— Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You

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zaranuriya · 1 year

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i’m currently listening to the audiobook of Everything I Never Told You and let me tell you.. that book is a freaking dementor. it sucks every little bit of happiness out of me today!

never. ever. read that book when you’re in pms, really.

+ that book is so so so addicting. can’t stop because i’m already at 80% and I HAVE TO SEE THIS THROUGH

#everything i never told you #reading experience #reading struggle

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rebuke-me · 2 months

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🪸 a great closing line from a published work

Instead, the sun rose, glittering on the lake, as if Lydia Lee had never existed, and Jack drove himself forward. An object in motion.

-- an object in motion

🐟 a fluffy/sweet quote from a published work

Jake lit up when he saw the playground, abandoned by the kids once it got dark. “Come here.”

Jeremy rolled his eyes, but followed, hands shoved in his jacket pockets. “We’re definitely going to get in trouble.” He said, watching Jake climb on the monkey bars. “I don’t think they want random 20 somethings climbing all over kids equipment, Jake.”

Jake grinned at him. “Shush. I’m being cute.”

“You are, but c’mon-”

-- take me back (like nintendo)

🐙 a pretty/elaborate quote from a published work

Pianos were easier. They didn’t judge him for fidgeting. They didn’t ask him about school or what he wanted to do with his life. They didn’t hit him when he did something wrong. They were beautiful and strong and made people like him, just a little more.

Pianos weren’t warm, they didn’t push him away, they didn’t make him want to snap. Pianos didn’t smell like pine and musk.

-- perfection is so quick to bore

#finding the fluff one was IMPOSSIBLE #i dont write fluff </3 #if i do its bittersweet #anyways #bmc #deere #everything i never told you #jupescribbles

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stainthiskingdomred · 1 year

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reading & coffee

#reading #coffee #starbucks #photography #my edits #my edit #stainthiskingdomred #everything i never told you #celeste ng #250 poems #250 poems: a portable anthology #poetry #poems #books #studyblr

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