Pretty heavy stuff for anyone to deal with, much less a teenage girl in high school.įaceless is a fictional, young-adult novel written by Alyssa B. The story setup reminded me a bit of If I Stay in Imagine waking up to realize an electrical fire has melted off half of your face and you've spent the past several weeks in an induced coma due to the severity of your injuries. One thing I liked about this book is it didn't spend a lot of time building up the got right to it.
Faceless is a fictional, young-adult novel written by Alyssa B. Pretty heavy stuff for anyone to deal with, much less a teenage girl in high school. Imagine waking up to realize an electrical fire has melted off half of your face and you've spent the past several weeks in an induced coma due to the severity of your injuries. This book is about learning to love yourself even after a horrible, disfiguring accident.more Though this has romance in it, it is not a romantic book. The only thing I didn't like about the book but came to understand later is why she pushes her boyfriend away.
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Alyssa Sheinmel does an excellent job of letting the reader experience first hand how to grieve and move forward. But it isn't paranormal at all, it's very real. I thought of it as some other worldly paranormal thing. I've only heard of a face transplant in passing before and when I read the back of this book, I didn't think about it like that. It was very touching and left a mark that I want to keep with me. Normally as a reader I shy away from any book that is "sad" but I don't think you should shy away from this book. so most likely you won't cry as much as I did. However, I also cry at commercial's that show compassion. If it wasn't sad, it was the happy kind of sad.
I'm almost certain my eyes lived in pools of tears through this whole book. I've only heard of a face transplant in passing befor A book about loving yourself again. This is a story of losing yourself and the long, hard fight to find your way back.moreĪ book about loving yourself again. New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Sheinmel has created a gripping and gorgeously written tale of identity and love. Before, she knew who she was-a regular girl who ran track and got good grades, who loved her boyfriend and her best friend. The doctors promised that the transplant was her chance to live a normal life again, but nothing feels normal anymore. But with someone else’s features staring back at her in the mirror, Maisie looks-and feels-like a stranger. Maisie’s lucky enough to qualify for a rare medical treatment: a face transplant. Where her nose, cheeks, and chin used to be, now there is… nothing. Lightning hit a power line and sparks rained down, the hot-burning electrical fire consuming her. Before she could make it home, a storm gathered. The last thing she remembers is running through the hills of her neighborhood one misty morning. Where her nose, chee When Maisie Winters wakes up, she’s in the hospital. When Maisie Winters wakes up, she’s in the hospital.
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