Extraordinary Means

Hey everyone,

Ever get that mushy feeling in you where you know a book is really cheesy yet you want to read it anyway? Well that is the feeling I got from "Extraordinary Means" by Robyn Schneider. This book seems to attract people who enjoyed "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green. I confess that I cannot make that assumption as I have not read it. I will probably read it sometime and then give my overall opinion.

Of course some of you may like to just turn away now if this kind of genre doesn't appeal to you. To those who enjoy doomed teenage romance, please read on.

In this story, 17 year old Lane has recently been diagnosed with incurable tuberculosis. He is moved from all he knows and is forced to live in a very depressing sanatorium called Latham. Now given a completely new schedule he is forced to relax and just "get better" as all the doctors say. Lane isn't one to sit back and let his future just sort itself out. He is a straight A-student in all his advanced classes, shoe in for valedictorian, president of his "Carbon Footprint Awareness" club and to top it all off he had a fellow straight As. He was living the dream, until his scan in the hospital. His whole life changed in that moment.

Now moved all the way from his home to the middle of nowhere, Lane is determined to get better and back to his normal life. He tries to stay with his studies but Latham believe in its residents getting better above all else, including studying.

Lane soon meets Sadie, a girl who is much too enthusiastic, for his liking, to be sick. She has been at Latham for around a year and has discovered that just because she is sick does not mean that she cannot continue to be rebellious teenager. Sadie and Lane are total opposites, however Lane soon discovers that at Latham, he can be anything he wants to be.

Maybe being sick was actually a wake up call for Lane to live in the present and not spend his time planning out his future.

This actually a trailer for this book. I discovered it just the other day. I feel like the trailer doesn't do the book justice but that is one person's opinion. The trailer is below so check it out! I found it on Robyn Schneider's youtube account so go and subscribe to her to find out about new books if you liked this one! 

I loved this story. It has a good moral even though it is mostly about sick teenagers. It is a bit depressing but has loads of humour all throughout the book. Extraordinary Means is also £5.59 on Amazon.co.uk so it costs the same as "The Rest of Us Just Live Here". If you haven't read that post then I strongly advise you do so as they are both incredible books! Amazon.co.uk rated this book with 4.5 stars so to me it is a definite read!

I hope you enjoy "Extraordinary Means" and I'll see you all later,

Cait x

p.s 
if you aren't able to see the trailer from here, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDwuE16oC5w 
Or here is Robyn Schneider's Youtube account link: 
https://www.youtube.com/user/robynisrarelyfunny