I hadn't read this book when it first came out. This was the first book I have read by this author. I liked the storyline of this book, but I felt it lacked some character connections in some places. It was definitely an interesting concept and makes you think about your own ideas of what heaven or the after life would be line. 3.5 stars. I will be reading some more books by this author.

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ELSEWHERE by Gabrielle Zevin (Deluxe Edition out Sept 9)

Thank you Netgalley and Macmillan Children's for the earc

Elsewhere. It's where people go after they die. You never get a year older, instead you age backwards each year until you're a baby. And then you go back to Earth. That's what happens to 15 year old Liz Hall. She's unhappy, who wouldn't be? All Liz wanted to do was get older, get her license, graduate, and fall in love. Now, living with her grandmother in Elsewhere, Liz must learn to cope. She doesn't know how to embrace her new life. How do you let go of the only life you've ever known?
Beautiful. Heartwarming. Heartbreaking.
ELSEWHERE is a YA contemporary novel that is poignant and tearjerking. This book was binge worthy. It's different and just so well-written. I've actually only ever read one other book about the "afterlife", and ELSEWHERE is magnanimous compared to that one. I can see why it is a Time Magazine best YA book of all time.
When I first read the description of ELSEWHERE, it reminded me of that movie OLD---except for in ELSEWHERE they are dead and aging backward and in OLD they are aging forward. This book is more than that comparison I made in my mind. It left me baffled and awestruck. I teared up so many times throughout this read.
One thing I do have to nitpick is the pov switch. I'm not a fan when pov's change in the middle of chapters. Nonetheless, ELSEWHERE is a beautiful, beautiful book. I think it stands the test of time and readers today will love it as much as readers did when it was first released.

Oh, my heart. Although this is labeled as YA, it’s a beautiful book for any reader. I was so attached to the characters, both human and canine. It was creative and just gave me all the feels. Highly highly recommend!

I have really enjoyed the two other books I’ve read by Zevin (AJ Fikry and Tomorrow x3), and this was a really good read. It definitely reads like the YA novel that it is, but the characters were fleshed out well and the story flowed beautifully. The poignant moments at the end got to me, as I would always expect from her writing.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ecopy of the book.

What a beautiful new edition of an entertaining and much-loved novel. I had not read Elsewhere before, so I was impressed with the story, the writing, the plot, the characters, and of course, this special cover. It’ll be something you’ll want on your bookshelf as a decorative item. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.