The End of it All

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Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. All the Ways the World Can End 3. Lenny short for Eleanor feels like the world is about to end.

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Her best friend is moving to New York City to attend Julliard and her dad has terminal cancer. To cope with her stress Lenny is making a list of all the ways the world can end—designer pathogens, blood moon prophecies, alien invasion—and stockpiling supplies in a bunker in the backyard. Then she starts to deve Lenny short for Eleanor feels like the world is about to end. Then she starts to develop feelings for her dad's very nice young doctor—and she thinks he may have feelings for her too.

But a more age-appropriate love interest might. In a time of complete uncertainty, one thing's for sure: Lenny's about to see how everything is ending and beginning. All at the same time. Hardcover , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Jul 10, Kate Olson rated it really liked it Shelves: Eleanor's struggles with her father's cancer are tear-inducing and detailed, and her doomsday prep and self-harm are to adults obvious cries for help in a time of family turmoil - the reality is that often these things go unnoticed and end up manifesting exactly as they did for Eleanor, meaning they will be so easy to relate to for many teens.

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The included "ways the world could end" sections were a clever addition and really demonstrated E's obsessions in a clear manner. I was cheering for Eleanor throughout the entire book, and raced to the end to see what would happen. A fresh addition to the YA world. Thanks to the publisher for the galley of this title - all opinions are my own. Jul 30, Mellisa Rock rated it it was amazing. This book swept me up in a rush of feelings that honestly I've been trying to deal with in my own family for the last 4 years. My husband's mother succumbed to brain cancer last year.

It took me on the journey of Eleanor and her family's battle against her dad's cancer. How would you react? How would you deal? Bury yourself in work? Busy yourself among the living or turn to tactics of pain that are far easier to control when your entire world is spinning out of control. In All The Ways The World This book swept me up in a rush of feelings that honestly I've been trying to deal with in my own family for the last 4 years. She wrote characters that were human and flawed. I'm thankful for that. She allowed Eleanor to fight back with list making when there was no other way for a child to fight back against cancer which has been wreaking havoc in so many of our lives!

Jun 06, Tissy rated it did not like it. I really tried to complete this but the MC is extremely self absorbed and selfish which makes it hard to get into. But then again so are her mother and sister and this is despite the father dying of cancer. It may very well be that her callousness is purposeful but their is nothing edgy or dark about her like Gillian Flynn's character to keep me invested.

Instead it just comes off bratty and annoying. The writing is good though so I think others might appreciate this on a level I couldn't. Jun 21, Mandy added it. This was one of the books that I added during a mindless Goodreads adding spiral. So when I won this, I was super excited but also sort of confused because I had no clue what to expect. What I got wasn't anywhere close to what I thought it was going to be. The first issue was that I felt bored. A lot of the events together just kind of Like, I didn't feel any connection to what was going on.

There were only two events that I really remember in the book - Lenny dealing with her flushing her father's wounds from cancer and going out to lunch to some place with a lobster. Was there anything more? I really have no clue. I read this book about a week ago, and I got nothing. I don't remember anyone's name or what happened or anything. The second issue that I had was the voice meshing up with the tone of the book. The book has a very sarcastic, black humor type of feel to it.

However, when dealing with the material, it just didn't seem to fit. Like, her father is having some super intense cancer consequences, and we literally spent like three paragraphs on nuts and her being super sarcastic about them. And everyone was so selfish. I did like the addition of the list of all the ways the world can end, but it felt like it was something that was just tagged on to make the book different, for me.

I think it had a lot of potential to be good, but I think I gave up too early to see it fleshed out. I always love reading novels that centre around family dynamics and it's actually one of the types of books that I look for the most. Gone are the days where I want to read about unrequited love all of the time; I want to read about families and the troubles or happiness that they go through.

All the Ways the World Can End is one of those books. Her best friend is moving to New York City to attend Julliard and her dad has terminal ca I always love reading novels that centre around family dynamics and it's actually one of the types of books that I look for the most. The rest of the book just didn't really do it for me. I thought that the characters fell flat, the plot just wasn't that prominent throughout the entire book which was a massive shame.

The book centres around Lenny dealing with her father's cancer but most of the book was just her pining after her dad's doctor which I didn't find funny or a good plot point at all. Normally, I can read a contemporary in a few hours even if it's a 3-star book. Reading a book shouldn't feel like a chore, but reading this really did feel like it.

I'm glad I've finished it, but part of me thinks that I could have read a book that I know I would love during that time. At least I can say that I've read it. I know this seems like a very ranty review and very negative, but I genuinely can't think of a positive thing. There's actually one more thing that really annoyed me about this book.

Lenny has a gay best friend.

No honey, you just placed him in the book. He's hardly in it because he is pushed to the side whilst the main character chases after her stupid romantic fantasy about her dad's doctor. Have you read it? What did you think because I'm honestly interested if I'm the only one who thinks this about the book? Jun 24, Stella Maria rated it it was ok Shelves: Never, in the history of time, could we slow or stop ourselves from self-destruction.

I liked how each chapter began with an explanation of possible ways the world can end, but the topics themselves weren't captivating. I really wanted to like it, but I felt like the MC was trying to hard to be cool..? I loved the small bits of diversity a " Nobody was safe. I loved the small bits of diversity and mental health incorporated. I liked how the character is very factual and refuses to succumb to grief, but that was probably one of the biggest problems for me, too. Most of the writing felt like dramatic ranting as opposed to a novel. It's very sarcastic, which I usually appreciate, but not this much.

There were parts of her that I saw in myself - the parts where she felt the burden placed on her - but the whole romance aspect was foreign to me. I felt as if the sarcasm and humor was a fascade, where she was lying to herself and the reader. Though most of the writing was blunt, I don't think it was honest to its readers until the very end. Ganesh came into the picture, it was super awkward. Then once I understood why, it got even worse..

Her anxiety, OCD and self-injurious behaviors are untreated. She has a major crush on her dad's oncology residency, fantasizing about a life with him. As her father's condition deteriorates, Lenny struggles to hold herself together. You probably wouldn't like Lenny if you met her.

She's immature, narcissistic and thoughtless. At times she seemed more like a tween than a sixteen-year-old. She freaks out on people, treating them rudely when stressed. I have no idea why she wasn't in therapy. If ever a character needed treatment, it's Lenny. She never suffers consequences for her destructive behavior, it's all excused away by her father's illness. I am not unsympathetic to her struggles. She's not to blame that her parents didn't take her to therapy. Living with an untreated mental illness, particularly for a teen under such stress, is unbearable.

Lenny is also charming, bright and has a quirky sense of humor. I loved Lenny's relationship with her father. Abby Sher writes with an engaging strong voice. I was glad she gave Lenny an at times unlikable personality, instead of the poor, sad girl with a sick dad. Anger is one of the stages of grief that Lenny mastered. I really can't decide between 2 or 3 stars for this. I liked parts of it but overall it just didn't do much for me. There's not much else I can say really Oct 05, Carli rated it liked it. Thank you to the Kid Lit Exchange network for this review copy. All opinions are my own.

In fact, she has an ongoing list of all the ways this might happen.

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Oh, and a bunker. She has a bunker. Her sister has abandoned her for college, her mother is always at work, and well, her father is dying. As the family members all cope in their Thank you to the Kid Lit Exchange network for this review copy. As the family members all cope in their own ways, they must learn to look to a new, uncertain future while embracing the now.

I think teens will relate to this one. The characters are super relatable and the writing is packed with both human and sadness. Originally published on Once Upon a Bookcase. This book features self-harm, homophobic language overheard on a train , and the protagonist using ableist language. I assumed it was going to be a light, silly read, what with Lenny's interest in how the world could end, the interpretive dance show, and fancying her dad's doctor. I was expect 4. I was expecting a lot of eye-rolling and exasperation.

I wasn't expecting this book to make me laugh out loud and cry because I was heartbroken. Lenny has always been very close to her dad, but now he has bowel cancer, and it's really not looking good. But his oncologist, the gorgeous, friendly, easy-going Dr. Ganesh, thinks he's a suitable candidate for a drug trial that could make all the difference. Lenny is a little bit in love with him, and puts all her hopes in his hands. There's nothing she can do about her dad's cancer, so she reaches for a sense of control; she researches everything she can on the drug trial, until she has has everything memorised.

And there's also her obsession with the ways the world can end or the human race could be wiped out - an obsession she's had since before her dad fell ill, but one she clings to now.

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But as her dad gets worse, and she finds out her best friend is graduating early and leaving, the bottom falls out of her world, and her obsessions and compulsions become the only thing keeping her going. Although I don't have OCD like Lenny does, I do have anxiety, and my Nan died of cancer three years ago, and I really related to how she was feeling, and how she was affected by her mental illness, when the news about her father just seemed to get worse and worse.

There's no real plot to the story, it's more of a snap shot of the time in Lenny's life where everything changes; when her dad's cancer gets worse, and how that affects her. Lenny's OCD affects her in different ways; she likes things to be clean, and when she gets some particularly bad news, she spends the conversation cleaning the hospital room her dad's in with alcohol wipes, and the fruit bowl in the sink over and over. She washes her hands a number of times, and find relief in the sting when her hands are red raw. She also counts and does maths; tidying up her dad's books into groups of three, using putting dates into formula to get an answer that means something to her, is a sign.

And she also self-harms. When the thoughts get too much and she can't escape them, she punches herself in the head really hard, hurting her hands as well as putting herself in a fog-like daze from all the punching. And again, she hits herself in groups of 50, but having a target she has to reach. All I knew for sure was that each blow to my head was sharp and clear and rocked me completely out of my circuit of anxiety. When I pummeled myself in the head, all I could think about was the darkness and pain.

She is unable to not research deadly viruses, natural disasters such an volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, the possibility of Earth being destroyed due to things happening in space. She has to know. It scares the crap out of her, especially the things she's unable to prepare for, but she has to know, and she has to know everything about it.

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Before the start of every chapter, we have a page written by Lenny - white text on a black background - showing us one of the many ways the world can end, and they are actually quite terrifying. I kept thinking, "I don't actually want to know all this! As her life progressively gets worse, the more she spends on getting things for her bunker, on her emergency credit card that she knows her mum will freak out about, but she needs this stuff.

It really is hard to watch as Lenny gets more and more out of control, while trying to control something. It's so hard, and knowing exactly how she was feeling made it harder, because I got it. Seeing her mental health spiral, understanding her lack of control, and not being able to hold onto anything solid as everything she knows is torn away from her was so upsetting.

My heart broke for her over and over again. I mean, yes, her dad has cancer and is dying, and she's struggling with her mental illness, but it's also really, really funny. I loved Lenny's voice, and how, even in the midst of everything going wrong, she was able to have a thought, or react to someone else's idiocy in a way that was just so, so funny. There was also how she and her best friend, Julian, created a life story for a lobster in a tank at their favourite diner, how he was called Don Juan Crustaceo, he was a ladies man with an Italian accent, who kept hitting on the female customers, and they'd make up dialogue for him, and it was just so funny.

Oh my god, her dad is brilliant! He's so witty and has brilliant comic timing. He's in hospital with cancer, lying in his hospital bed, and everything is dire, and they would be having these somber conversations, and he'd just come out with something that would absolutely crack me up. Michael Mando shares how he, Bob Odenkirk , and the rest of the " Better Call Saul " cast don't treat the show like a prequel series. Patton Oswalt is here with all the predictions you need for the major categories at the Primetime Emmy Awards. See our Emmys predictions.

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