One by Sarah Crossan

One by Sarah Crossan
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Pages: 430
Rating: 💜💜💜💜💜
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Grace and Tippi are twins – conjoined twins. 
And their lives are about to change.No longer able to afford homeschooling, they must venture into the world – a world of stares, sneers and cruelty. Will they find more than that at school? Can they find real friends? And what about love? And how will they cope with a life-changing desicion that looms on the horizon?


This book destroyed me. I read it on a road trip and cried for about 15 minutes. It actually broke me. (until I read another book and got over it)

One is written entirely in verse, which is very different from any other books I've read before. I had read Sarah Crossan's books before, but I didn't enjoy them as much as this one. The verse added a beautiful edge to a dramatic and tear-inducing story. I loved that each poem (verse? section? I have no idea) had a title that blended into what was being said. Each title added something different to the story and added yet another twist to this book.

The book was slightly predictable. Two (or one?) teenage girls going to school for the first time? What will happen if they fall in love? Will they want to be together forever? There is only really one story-line that this book (or any book) about conjoined twins could have followed, so I never felt entirely surprised by the way the plot was progressing.

None of the other characters in this book had a fully fleshed out personality, but that actually wasn't a problem because Sarah Crossan makes you so invested into the twins' story. However, we did see that the twins weren't the only people with problems; the dad was an alcoholic, the mother was laid off work and the older sister was anorexic. They were a dysfunctional family together and it was amazing.

This book put a spotlight on a subject that I wouldn't have thought very much about otherwise. The best thing was it that Crossan didn't depict the twins as monsters or freaks, but as normal human beings with dreams and hopes and thoughts. Both of the girls were their own individual person, even though they share their bottom half, which I think is really important to remember. They are their own person, even when they share so much.

I loved this book; it was one of the best books I read in 2017. It was so powerful and inspiring, reading about these twins who still go out and do things. It was a unique read, and one that will stick with me for a long time.