Book 6: Neal Shusterman's "Everlost"

A new series, or book to start us off today. As the cover tells "somewhere between life and death is...Everlost." Is it just me or did you have a dun dun duuunnn moment in your head as well. Just me? Well, okay. I picked this out at the bookstore in the Young Adult section mostly because of the cover. Yes, I judged a book by it's cover, but in this case, hey, it worked!


A story about two kids, Nick and Allie who didn't survive the car crash between their two cars. Both between the ages of 13 or 14, let's just say the term rest in peace didn't quite make the memo. They automatically head straight home, doomed to wear the same clothing and chocolate forever, or so they are so determined to not happen. 


Everlost is full of strange children, a world of dead lost boys in a way. The place sucks your name and memory if you're not too careful, and if you don't stick to "dead spots" you get sucked quite literally into the center of the earth. Which to me, finally settles the "why can in every movie ghosts not touch stuff but somehow don't fall through the floor," argument.


The characters in the story were a little too young for me to truly connect with them, but I felt their plight nonetheless. They weren't underdeveloped characters whatsoever, just still in the phase where punching is flirting and fortune cookies will always tell the truth. This book can be pretty full of religious dogma or could just be simply sticking its thumbs to its temples and waving his hands back and forth calling "nah nah nah nah nah." Frankly, it's hard to tell. 


Nevertheless I think it is a great book for my kiddos (my students) to read, and would highly recommend it to high schoolers as well. Not my favorite book I've read so far, but enjoyable enough. 3.8 out of five stars I would say.


Until the next book dear readers.