Definitions of Indefinable Things by Whitney Taylor

“How does anyone know they are depressed? You feel equally alive and dead and have no idea how that’s even possible. And everything around you doesn’t seem so full anymore. And you can’t tell if the world is empty or you are…”

Definitions of Indefinable Things is one of those rare books where I totally lost myself in the feels. It’s honest. Witty. Moody and raw, sometimes to the point of pain. But real in the best possible way.

“Snake?” That was the most obscenely ambitious nickname I’d ever heard.

Beautiful writing combined with head-spinning twists, this story is so real it could be true. Gritty, complicated characters whose depression is realistically portrayed.

He was staring at me with a weirdly attractive grin on his face, and I felt like telling him to screw off.

I felt everything. Hope, melancholy, joy and sorrow. Sad to the point where I feel the characters life is being leeched. But at the same time, I felt happy, grounded, satisfied.

There was only one conclusion to reach, one answer to a question so incomprehensible that it made my blood go warm in anger.

Recommended age: 13+

Title: Definitions of Indefinable Things
Author: Whitney Taylor
Publication Date: 4 April 2017
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Source: Review copy

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This heartbreaking, humorous novel is about three teens whose lives intersect in ways they never expected.

Reggie Mason is all too familiar with “the Three Stages of Depression.” She believes she’s unlocked the secret to keeping herself safe: Nobody can hurt you if you never let them in.

Reggie encounters an unexpected challenge to her misanthropy: a Twizzler-chomping, indie film-making narcissist named Snake. Snake’s presence, while reassuring, is not exactly stable—especially since his ex-girlfriend is seven months pregnant. As Reggie falls for Snake, she must decide whether it’s time to rewrite the rules that have defined her.   — Abstract from Goodreads.com

The fact that I received a free advanced copy of this book does not influence my policy to write an honest review.

Disclaimer: The quotes appear in my advanced review copy and may not appear in the final version.