When I Am Through with You

Name: When I Am Through with You
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Stephanie Kuehn
ISBN: 9781524775339

Author: Stephanie Kuehn

Narrator: MacLeod Andrews

Unabridged: 7 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 08/01/2017

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

A group of high school students embark on a seemingly ordinary camping trip in the breathtaking Trinity Alps. But what starts as an adventure quickly turns into a harrowing tale of survival and the razor’s-edge difference between perfect cruelty and perfect love.

“Takes a hard look at the dark intensity boiling beneath the surface of an everyday teenage boy.”—Mindy McGinnis, Edgar Award-winning author of The Female of the Species

“Explores the collision between desire and action in unpredictable physical and psychological landscapes.”—Publishers Weekly

Ben Gibson is many things, but he’s not sorry and he’s not a liar. He will tell you exactly how what started as a simple school camping trip in the mountains ended the way it did. About who lived and who died. About who killed and who had the best of intentions. And he’ll tell you about Rose. But he’s going to tell you in his own time. Because after what happened on that mountain, time is the one thing he has plenty of.

About The Author

Stephanie Kuehn is the author of five novels for young adults. In 2014, her Charm & Strange won the American Library Association’s William C. Morris Award for best debut novel, and her three subsequent books, Complicit, Delicate Monsters, and The Smaller Evil have cemented her reputation as one of YA literature’s most unique and daring voices. She lives in Northern California and is a post-doctoral fellow in clinical psychology.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carole on August 09, 2017

This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life in Books. I liked this book a lot. The story grabbed me right away and I was completely hooked. This is the first time that I have read anything by Stephanie Kuehn but I quickly found that she is a fabulous storyteller. I ended up reading this boo......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on July 08, 2017

What a pleasant surprise. I've never read a YA thriller before, which is why I requested this one on a whim. I was curious. But honestly, my expectations hadn't been very high. More fool me. When I Am Through with You is told from the point of view of Ben, a high school senior who's waiting to go on......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on August 08, 2017

You can find the full review and all the fancy and/or randomness that accompanies it at It Starts at Midnight 4.5* This book was good, friends. I have always enjoyed Stephanie Kuehn's writing in the past, but for me, this book took it to a whole new level. I consumed it in one night, which is ra......more

Goodreads review by PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps on August 16, 2017

**Thanks to First to Read for providing me a complimentary copy of WHEN I AM THROUGH WITH YOU in exchange for my honest review.** GRADE: A- 4.5 STARS Ben killed his girlfriend Rose, and he's about to tell you why. A heartbreaking story of abandonment, child neglect and domestic violence made Ben who he......more

Goodreads review by Eliza on January 08, 2018

2.5-3/5 I just realized that I never wrote a review for this, which is strange. However, unfortunately, I can't remember this novel too well (says a lot about the impact this made on me). All I remember is that it didn't turn out to be anything I thought it would be, and that the prologue was more in......more

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Praise for When I am Through with You

“A tense, masterful thriller that gripped me from the first page.”—Kara Thomas, author of The Darkest Corners

“Complex and compelling, When I Am Through With You takes a hard look at the dark intensity boiling beneath the surface of an everyday teenage boy.”—Edgar-Award Winning author Mindy McGinnis

“Taut plotting combines with prose that’s by turns delicately plush and trenchantly foulmouthed for a riveting experience. Full of secrets and plot twists, Kuehn’s latest is a satisfying, sophisticated study in complicated relationships."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“[A] harrowing story that succeeds in keeping readers off-balance from start to finish as it explores the collision between desire and action in unpredictable physical and psychological landscapes.”—Publishers Weekly

Praise for The Smaller Evil

“Kuehn’s specialty in depicting mental illness and her sharp, quick writing are on display in her latest novel, but it is her satirical integration of New Age hippie rituals with the pseudoscientific jargon of the self-help retreat world that is the most compelling addition. Fans of the author’s work will find familiar material in this book. Readers interested in a Gillian Flynn–style take on cults and self-help retreats will also be intrigued.”—School Library Journal, starred review

“Suspenseful and enigmatic, bristling with Stephanie Kuehn’s vivid prose and sharp-eyed characterizations, The Smaller Evil kept me guessing till the very last page. I immediately flipped back to the first page to read it again, and so will you.”—Laura Ruby, Michael L. Printz Award winning author of Bone Gap

“The Smaller Evil, with an engaging main character, precise, vivid writing and a continuous rushing train of tensions, is a captivating thriller.”—2015 PEN/Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Working Writer Fellowship Judges