You've Reached Sam

You've Reached Sam

Dustin Thao

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.83
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Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes. Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his things, and tries everything to forget him and the tragic way he died. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces back memories. Desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls Sam’s cellphone just to listen to his voicemail. And Sam picks up the phone. In a miraculous turn of events, Julie’s been given a second chance at goodbye. The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam’s voice makes her fall for him all over again, and with each call it becomes harder to let him go. However, keeping her otherworldly calls with Sam a secret isn’t easy, especially when Julie witnesses the suffering Sam’s family is going through. Unable to stand by the sidelines and watch their shared loved ones in pain, Julie is torn between spilling the truth about her calls with Sam and risking their connection and losing him forever.

Publication Year: 2021


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  • Final Thoughts

    I almost DNF’ed early on because I wasn’t in the mood for sad, and this book is sad. I’m glad I finished, though. It was moving, and I cried over the ending although it was hopeful in tone. This was a really good story worth reading. Slow-starting but got better as it moved along to a sad but satisfying conclusion.

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  • Thoughts from 38% (page 116)

    I’m torn. This is a good book, but very sad. I’m struggling to read it because I’m not really in the mood for sad, though, and I’m a mood reader. But it’s a library book I had to send away for, and I don't want to dnf a perfectly good book that I had to send for just because it isn’t exactly what I want in the moment. So I keep reading a chapter at a time. It’s due back on the 8th so I really need to dedicate some time to it now. Just not feeling it. Oh well. Here goes… something.

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  • Finished the Book… and Now I’m Just Sad😢

    I thought the book was just okay—maybe because it felt so sad and heavy after finishing it. It was still good since it made me feel all these emotions, but it was a bit slow and took its time. I really felt for Julie, but she made so many choices that just left me frustrated and even more upset.💔

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