The Lucky Ones

Books | Young Adult Fiction / School & Education / General

3.8

(348)

Liz Lawson

For fans of Thirteen Reasons Why, This Is How It Ends, and All the Bright Places, comes a new novel about life after. How do you put yourself back together when it seems like you've lost it all?May is a survivor. But she doesn't feel like one. She feels angry. And lost. And alone. Eleven months after the school shooting that killed her twin brother, May still doesn't know why she was the only one to walk out of the band room that day. No one gets what she went through--no one saw and heard what she did. No one can possibly understand how it feels to be her. Zach lost his old life when his mother decided to defend the shooter. His girlfriend dumped him, his friends bailed, and now he spends his time hanging out with his little sister...and the one faithful friend who stuck around. His best friend is needy and demanding, but he won't let Zach disappear into himself. Which is how Zach ends up at band practice that night. The same night May goes with her best friend to audition for a new band. Which is how May meets Zach. And how Zach meets May. And how both might figure out that surviving could be an option after all.A Chicago Public Library Systems selection for Best Teen Fiction A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020A Texas Library Association 2021 Reading List selection"A must-read for fans of Thirteen Reasons Why and This Is How It Ends."--Paste Magazine "A gripping, emotional, suspenseful, and ultimately hopeful story about loss, survivor's guilt, and learning to find love and trust again. Put The Lucky Ones on your 2020 TBR list--you do NOT want to miss it!" --Karen M. McManus, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying"A harrowing and beautifully told story about how far the tentacles of tragedy can reach. May's story of grief, survival, and reckoning is tenderly and honestly explored. A simply stunning debut." --Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces

Young Adult

Mental Health

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Author

Liz Lawson

Pages

352

Publisher

Random House Children's Books

Published Date

2020-04-07

ISBN

0593118510 9780593118511

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"While reading it I could not put it down but I did not like the ending. I did finish it but lost interest in the last few chapters."

Allie Layton

"*I received an ARC of this book from Net Galley for review* I couldn’t decide if I wanted to give this book 3 or 4 stars but I ultimately decided on 4 because I think it ended pretty strongly. Update: I’ve thought a lot about this book and decided to change my review to 3 stars because I just didn’t like most of the characters. I want to start by saying that mass shootings are one of my biggest fears and I hate that they’re something that have become so normalized in the lives of Americans that they are something we have to constantly be worried about when we go out in public. This book is about a girl that is the only survivor from the room where a school shooting happens and a boy that’s mom is the defense attorney for the shooter. Both May and Zach are dealing with the trauma a year after the shooting. I had a really hard time connecting with both May and Zach in different ways and while I felt horrible for the situations that they were in, I found them both to be really unlikable. I understand why they would be because of all they’d been through but I just didn’t really like either of them until the end. Although I didn’t connect to them, I was rooting for them to make it through their grief and I was so sad for everything they went through. I especially can’t imagine the pain, grief, and regret that May was dealing with after being the only survivor and losing her twin brother and I was hoping she would be able to realize that it wasn’t her fault. Overall, I think the book was okay. Even though the characters didn’t click with me through most of the book, I’m glad they were going down a path of healing at the end and I hope that they’re both able to live good lives!"

Courtney Williams

"A beautiful book about trauma, survivors guilt, and learning to love again! One of my most favorite books ever, I 100% recommend to anyone who loves some complex romance 💘 "

Noa

"Was really emotional. Ended up reading in about a day and a half"

Alyssa Grojean

"Boy, was this one heavy. It hit me hard. Deeply emotional and incredibly touching. But hopeful, and so, so beautiful."

Rhiannon Rabby

"had me sobbing and calling my bsf at 3am "

Guneet Dhaliwal

"reading it right now but i don’t want it to get recommended lol"

Kaelyn Kurz

"This book was suuuuper well written. It took me a while to get far, but in one night I went from about page 50 to the very last page and very much ugly-cried through it all. "