I don’t know what to say about the purely obsessional OCD that became the center of this book because obviously it’s not my place to say if it was portrayed in a good way. Obviously I think it captured the readers rather perfectly; drawing our attentions and making us feel for the characters, but it’s not my place to say if it was portrayed correctly. I’ll let others be the judge of that The author did her research:I love that Stone actually took her time to do her research, and it shows in many of the examples of OCD in the book. Once again Tamara Ireland Stone blows me away with incredible characters and a story I couldn’t put down. Put this one on your to be read list immediately and then hide away where no one can interrupt you while reading. It’s such a poignant, beautiful story.” — Jaime Arkin La historia de la novela es simple y sencilla. Es una más, entre tantas. No es nada del otro mundo ni innova dentro de la literatura juvenil. Pero está bien construidas y la autora va dejando pistas a lo largo de la misma para que al final todas las piezas encajen tras el "gran" giro. Es una historia que nos acerca a los TOCs, que la gran mayoría desconocemos. La autora lo hace muy bien, basándose en una persona conocida. There’s a very interesting twist in the story I never see it coming. Wow! Needless to say from that moment I had to know more.

How does AJ’s past encounter with Samantha and the “Crazy Eights” affect their relationship? How do they manage to move past it? My employers pay me well to be right, to know things others can't. But I don't know why they brought that boy in, strapped to a stretcher, barely conscious. He asked me for help when I could give none. I’m not making you do anything. Whether or not you tell him is entirely up to you. I’m merely reminding you to embrace who you are and surround yourself with people who do the same.” Every Last Word is a story about a teenage girl who is dealing with OCD. Samantha McAllister appears to be perfect on the outside, but inside she's a mess. She constantly worries about her friends finding out about her condition and the fact that she sees a psychiatrist. When Sam meets Caroline and gets introduced to the kids in Poet's Corner, everything changes for her. She finds herself coming out of her shell and embracing who she is.

Every Last Word by Stone Tamara Ireland

I've been writing for a long time, but I became a published author when Time Between Us came out in 2012. I didn't set out to publish a bo …more Hi Kristine, Every Last Word” is the story of Samantha ‘Sam’, a girl who’s a junior in high school. While she looks and apparently acts like all the other popular girls in her junior class, Samantha is nothing like them. She’s ‘different’, she knows it and all her life tried to hide it, to hide‘the truth’ about herself. Samantha has Purely-Obsessional OCD and all her life lied by omission to anyone who came across. She can’t turn off her thoughts and she can’t sleep without being drugged into it. She also sees a therapist. Her mind never stops working and what scares her the most is the fact that sometimes her thoughts are dark and disturbing. Samantha wants to belong, to be accepted, to be needed and wanted, she wants to be ‘normal’. She struggles every day to appear ‘normal’ in front of ‘the Eights’, her ‘friends’ and in front of everyone else. This next passage was so incredibly moving for me. Because of my Relationship OCD, I cried athow real this was. How honest. How heart-wrenching and absolutely devastating for anyone in a relationship with ROCD. Discuss how Purely-Obsessional OCD is represented in the novel. Do you think the author did an effective job portraying this mental health condition? This book is a book that stays with you and it left you thinking about stuff and inspires you. Or at least, that was how I felt. While other books have changed my perspective of the world and changed how I perceive my life in general, no other book have ever come close to exactly describing the jumbled mess in my mind.

Ya a simple vista Hasta la última palabra me parecía una novela diferente. Sin duda, el tener a una protagonista que padece un TOC la hace diferente. Ya no porque trate una enfermedad mental como hacen tantas otras novelas, sino porque es algo más en la trama y tenemos la vida de una joven que lidia día a día con su transtorno.

Authors, if you are a member of the Goodreads Author Program, you can edit information about your own books. Find out how in this guide. First of all, I don’t have OCD; my mind just behaves in an erratic way and it was kind of weird sometimes. All of Sam’s struggles with obsessive thoughts even the bad poetry (funny I had this notebook filled with cringey poetry since I was fifteen); I could relate to them all. Her thoughts are like my thoughts and it was easy to pretend like she was well... me. It’s a lot to comb at but this is no doubt Tamara Ireland Stone’s best work I’ve ever read yet.