You've Reached Sam

Books | Young Adult Fiction / Diversity & Multicultural

3.5

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Dustin Thao

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!If I Stay meets Your Name in Dustin Thao's You've Reached Sam, a heartfelt novel about love and loss and what it means to say goodbye.Seventeen-year-old Julie Clarke has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city; spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes. Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his belongings, and tries everything to forget him. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces memories to return. Desperate to hear him one more time, Julie calls Sam's cell phone just to listen to his voice mail recording. And Sam picks up the phone.The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam's voice makes Julie fall for him all over again and with each call, it becomes harder to let him go.What would you do if you had a second chance at goodbye?A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List SelectionA Cosmo.com Best YA Book Of 2021A Buzzfeed Best Book Of NovemberA Goodreads Most Anticipated Book

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Author

Dustin Thao

Pages

304

Publisher

St. Martin's Publishing Group

Published Date

2021-11-09

ISBN

1250762049 9781250762047

Ratings

Google: 3.5

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"Admittedly, I cry somewhat easily, but this book had me crying 60% of the time, far more than any other book. The emotion hits since the first few pages, and I took my time reading it to really enjoy Julie's grieving process as she learns to move forward from the death of her boyfriend Sam. If you want a lighter/happier take on this kind of plot, I suggest the anime movie Ride Your Wave!"

Mare

"This story has more than one heartfelt message for how people go through grief differently. I planned on finding myself in tears but instead I got frustrated with the characters at times. I listened to this book on audio I enjoyed it a great deal. An easy quick read and definitely for the young adult population. "

Chena

"This was a quick book but pretty sad. I enjoyed it."

Skye Edelson-Bennett

"I want into this looking for a good cry and it wasn’t it for me. He had a great idea but not so great execution. There weren’t enough chemistry for the ending. Still a beautiful ending."

Tram Ly

"Ohh ! A beautiful, sweet and sad story…even though it is YA, it got me good…crying like a baby…😭😭 ….but I guess there are times when we need just that… a good crying book ❤️🌺💜"

LeeLoo Dallas

"It’s a really good book but it was hard to finish. The end is really good and i really love well this book captures emotions of losing a loved one."

Zoe

"⭐️⭐️⭐️, this book had a brilliant idea but the characters were just meh which ruined the execution. I did shed a few tears at the end, the ending was beautiful. Worth reading, but not the most exciting. Way too many characters introduced without ever going deeper into them. "

Krystyn

"This is a very unique book about love, loss, grief, and eventually moving forward. I loved this book. Sort of a tear jersey. Highly recommend."

Roxy Wilburd

"This book is absolutely hands down one of the best love stories I’ve ever read. My friend recommended it to me and when I got to the end I FaceTimed her hysterically crying. It is such a riveting story and even though you know certain events are inevitable you hold onto hope. I wish I could reread this again for the first time and not remember reading it. Highly recommend just get a box of tissues. You can easily read it within one day. "