Willow, Julia Hoban
Willow, Julia Hoban
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Willow

Author: Julia Hoban

Narrator: Kim J. Ulrich

Unabridged: 9 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/14/2009


Synopsis

Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, sixteen year- old Willow’s parents died in a horrible car accident. Willow was driving. Now her older brother barely speaks to her, her new classmates know her as the killer orphan girl, and Willow is blocking the pain by secretly cutting herself. But when one boy —one sensitive, soulful boy—discovers Willow’s secret, it sparks an intense relationship that turns the “safe” world Willow has created for herself upside down.
Told in an extraordinary fresh voice, Willow is an unforgettable novel about one girl’s struggle to cope with tragedy, and one boy’s refusal to give up on her.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristi

I’m not even sure where to start this review. I’ve honestly written this review almost five times and haven’t been happy with what I’ve spit out. I’m not sure I can do this book justice. To say that it was spectacular would be an understatement. To say that I had a hard time putting it down, widely......more

Holy freaking (insert swear word here)!! The Good: Be prepared for some serious fan-girl gushing! Also, this review in no way justifies how much I loved this book. For a debut author, Julia has blown all the other authors, regardless if it's their first or not, WAY out of the water! Once I started Wil......more

Goodreads review by Heather

I took my time in reviewing Willow. I wanted to be certain of my thoughts on it’s content and the rating I gave to said content. Though the ending was satisfying, I can’t deny that for the majority of the book, I was angered, not at Willow, but at the author. Nonetheless, I talked myself out of givi......more

Goodreads review by Morgan

Everything changed on that rainy March night seven months ago. Willow's parents were tipsy and asked her to drive home, a decision that would cost them their lives. Ever since then, Willow has felt disconnected from the world. Her only reprieve is in mutilating her own body, one cut at a time. But e......more

While this book is about a very serious subject, I honestly just didn't enjoy it. The writing was mediocre, and Willow was just obnoxious. Obviously, you have to feel for her tragedy, but I was just annoyed when I should have been rooting for her.......more