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    A World Without You
    A World Without You
    A World Without You
    Audiobook11 hours

    A World Without You

    Written by Beth Revis

    Narrated by P.J. Ochlan and Sarah Naughton

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    About this audiobook

    What if finding her means losing himself?

    Seventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he can travel through time. When he was ten, Bo claimed to have witnessed the Titanic hit an iceberg, and at fifteen, he found himself on a Civil War battlefield, horrified by the bodies surrounding him. So when his concerned parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes he knows the truth: that he's actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school for kids who, like Bo, have "superpowers."

    At Berkshire, Bo falls in love with Sofia, a quiet girl with a tragic past and the superpower of invisibility. Sofia helps Bo open up in a way he never has before. In turn, Bo provides comfort to Sofia, who lost her mother and two sisters at a very young age.

    But even the strength of their love isn't enough to help Sofia escape her deep depression. After she commits suicide, Bo is convinced that she's not actually dead. He believes that she's stuck somewhere in time-that he somehow left her in the past, and now it's his job to save her.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateSep 27, 2016
    ISBN9781515982197
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    • 4/5
      A World Without You by Beth Revis is a heartbreakingly realistic depiction of a seventeen year old young man's struggle with mental illness.

      Attending the Berkshire Academy on an island off the Massachusetts coast, Bo believes the school is for gifted students who have "superpowers". His superpower is the ability to travel back in time, his girlfriend Sophía's gift is invisibility and his classmates' gifts range from telekinesis (Ryan) to pyrokinesis (Gwen) and speaking with the dead (Harold). Unfortunately, his assumptions could not be farther from the truth since, in actuality, he and his classmates are suffering from a wide range of mental illnesses. After Sophía commits suicide, Bo is convinced he time traveled with her back to 1692 where he accidentally left her. Frantically trying to "rescue" her, he sinks deeper into his delusions and as he becomes certain someone is trying to control his mind, Bo ignores evidence that conflicts with his belief he and his classmates have superpowers that the school is teaching them to manage.

      Although Bo's perceptions are completely unreliable, his fear, anger, confusion and grief are all too real. Utterly convinced Sophía's disappearance is his fault, he is frantic to figure out how to use the "timestream" to get back to 1692 so he can rescue her before she falls victim to the Salem Witch Trials. His anger over everyone's insistence that she is dead is palpable as is his fervent belief that he and his classmates are at the Berkshire Academy to learn how to control their "superpowers". Some of his delusions are based on real life events, however, Bo's psychosis skews his perception about what is really happening around him. He believes, with all his heart, that his version of reality is correct, that any contradiction of his viewpoint is suspect and somehow altered by outside forces. Readers get an in-depth view of how his mind works as Bo desperately tries to bring Sophía back and these heart wrenching chapters are a true to life portrayal of how someone with a mental illness thinks and acts.

      Although mostly written from Bo's point of view, occasional chapters from his sister Phoebe's perspective show the effects of his mental illness on the rest of the family. Through her eyes, readers see the disruption and destruction he wreaks when he is home. The emotional toll is high as everyone tries to keep the peace when he is around and Phoebe feels enormous pressure to be the "perfect" child in an effort to balance out Bo's problems.

      A World Without You by Beth Revis is a heartachingly honest young adult novel that is as fascinating as it is poignant. This impressive story provides an informative, well-researched look into what someone suffering from delusions, paranoia or psychosis experiences on a day to day basis. Although the storyline occasionally gets a little bogged down and repetitive during Bo's attempts to find Sophía, the plot is refreshingly unique and quite compelling. A heartrending yet surprisingly hopeful novel that I found impossible to put down and highly recommend to readers of all ages.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely heartbreaking story & fantastic writing.
    • 4/5
      This book kept me wondering about what was real, which is the same struggle that Bo has for much of this book. He's in a special school for students with emotional issues, at least that's the cover the school uses. Bo believes it is a school for students with superpowers. His power is the ability to manipulate the time stream. He's determined to save his girlfriend, Sofia who either committed suicide or is trapped in time. The book uses multiple narrators, both Bo and his sister Phoebe. I was with Bo, but then started to have my doubts. Revis does a really good job walking the line between supernatural and delusion.
    • 5/5
      What an incredible read! This very complicated plot with twists and turns would not work in the hands of a less competent author.Bo attends a private school. Like other members of the academy, he is deeply, emotionally troubled. Told from the perspective of Bo, who believes he is a time traveler, the reader has a grasp of what it is like to be so sadly marginalized. Bo's reality of time travel is held firm in his mind because a young girl in his sub group, whom he loved, has committed suicide. Unable to face reality of what actually occurred, he holds fast to his belief that he is at fault for taking her back to Salem, MA during the time of the witch hunts, and abandoning her there. Throughout the book we travel with Bo as he attempts to pluck the string of his journey to the 1600's wherein he can travel back and rescue her.So well written, the reader at times believes Bo truly is able to time travel. As the story unfolds and increasingly, Bo must face his demons, the author shows the difficulty of reaching him. Impacting not only Bo, but his family members, and the psychiatrist who devoutly tries to help Bo, again the author shines in her portrait of the sadness of mentally challenged individuals and those who are on the outside looking in.At times, we like Bo, have no idea of what is really occurring, contrasted with what is in the imagination of Bo.Excellent! A Must Read!Five stars.
    • 4/5
      I'm honestly not sure how to summarize the plot of this one without spoiling some of the aspects that make it such a fascinating read. Suffice it to say that this YA novel combines elements of time travel, unreliable narration, and an exploration of what it feels like when you can't trust your own perceptions. Beautiful and compelling reading.
    • 4/5
      Bo attends the Berkshire Academy, a school he believes is for students with special abilities. His is time travel. One of the other students commits suicide but Bo believes that he has saved her by bringing her into the past. As we follow his story we realize that Bo is actually in a school for students with mental illnesses. Or is he?We also follow the story of Bo's little sister, Phoebe, who is eclipsed by her brother's problems and feels a normal resentment even though she gets killer grades and is doing everything she can to get into a good college.The reader wonders through the whole book, however, how much is real and how much is delusion.
    • 4/5
      Bo attends a school for teenagers with supernatural talents, although it's cleverly disguised as a school for the troubled and mentally ill. He has the power to manipulate and travel through time, but doesn't have full control of this ability, and when he accidentally strands his girlfriend in the past, he must desperately search for a way to retrieve her. Except... Except perhaps none of this is true at all.I have to say, I enjoyed this a lot more than I was expecting to. The premise could so easily have been gimmicky, even cringe-worthy, but instead it really works. The story drew me along nicely, and the characters, while perhaps rather lightly sketched, are presented in exactly the right amount of detail to make them and their problems feel believable and real. It reads very smoothly, too; unlike a lot of YA, the prose lacks that slightly flat, slightly over-simplified feeling that never lets you forget you're reading YA. I wasn't at all sure how the author was going to manage to end things in a way that wouldn't feel wrong in one way or another, but I think she pulled that off, too, with a climax that's both exciting and poignant.I think I may have to go check out more by this author.