Our year of maybe ~ Rachel Lynn Solomon ā˜† Review

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Iā€™ve finally gotten to this book šŸ„°Ā I first discovered it from a few bloggers ithink, one of them being Marieā€™s Review, and what attracted me right off the bat was the concept ofĀ living kidney donor as the plot of this romance. We know that Organ Donation have a very special place in my heart, especially kidneys, so I was very happy to find a copy to be able to finally get to it!!

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Related posts;Ā First impression: Our year of maybe, topics id wanna read more about; organ donation, Creating organ donation book synopsis.


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Reps; Jewish MC, Bisexual MC, Queer background characters, Teenage parents
Ā 5 / 5 stars

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This story is so close to my heart.. having went through Motherā€™s dialysis AND kidney transplant, I was overjoyed to have it represented in a bookā€” furthermore giving us what they rarely tell you; that a person can change slightly after the transplant (per the donorā€™s DNA).

Being so young, I get Sophieā€™s wishful thinking that giving a part of herself to peter *might* make him love her .. that sortof sounds like the stuff out of a fairy tale ā€” But I do also get Peterā€™s fear of her ever regretting being her living donor, and feeling guilty about it (Hell, for so long iā€™ve felt guilty myself for not being able to save my own mother).

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Sophie can seem a bit harsh sometimes towards her sister, and a bit heartless.. though I understand completely as her parents never accepted the fact that she was gonna give an organ at such a young age; which donā€™tĀ *quite*Ā compare with her younger sister having had a baby so young.. though both do have consequences and change a life in multiple ways. I did felt the same ideology ofĀ ā€œIā€™m gonna go through this no matter what, whatever the cost might beā€, although differently of her, I wasnā€™t scared at all of the surgeryā€¦ and I ended up not being a match.Ā 

We also see the potential of how the receiving personā€™s life change so much after. They do get a different take at living ā€“ especially for Peter, who had always had it since he was a tiny child, thus never having known otherwise. So it was realistic of the author to have him explore more out of his world, out of Sophie; all thoses new things the poor teenager could now do, all thoses new people he got to meet.

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I feared that the transplant would eventually take the backseat after a while, being only a turn of the plot and nothing else. As of which Iā€™m happy to say it wasnā€™t, She added a little detail to the living organ donation that made sure that it lasted the whole book.

10/10 got emotional, especially a LOT towards the end.. but adored it. Itā€™s not only a love story & organ donation tale; but also about finding your own path. About finding yourself after being defined by someone or something for so long.

2 comments

  1. I am so sorry to hear that your mother needed a transplant, I canā€™t imaging what a scary experience that must have been for you and your family. I hope she is doing well now.

    This book sounds like one of a kind. The concept is very unique and I love that the premise is built on something that happens to people often but isnā€™t really talked about. Great review! Thanks for pinging this on my radar <3

    1. Thank you so much ā¤ļø
      She is doing so much better, yes! Thereā€™s still a bit of hiccups relating medication and etc.. but nothing as bad regardless- her drs were saying she was one of a kind, most needing dialysis still.. when she didnā€™t.

      Hopefully youā€™d love this book as much as I did, if you ever get to it xx

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