I like the original cover SO much better. I'm setting this aside for now and will try it again later. Just not keeping my attention.

This was my first Kody Keplinger book, and I absolutely loved it! RUN is such a realistic, gripping account of female friendship and the distance, both literally and figuratively, friends will go to help each other. I really liked the dual POV between Bo and Agnes-- each voice felt very distinct, and effectively showed how different the two girls are along with the common threads tying them together. RUN deals with lots of important themes: finding yourself, breaking out of your comfort zone, ju...

But I ain't never been real good with words. Ain't never been able to turn my own pain into nothing but tears and trouble. And when I look back at him, with the door already closing on me, the only words I can manage sure as hell ain't poetry. “Fuck you.”3.5 stars. I enjoyed this book a lot, it just didn't change my life. Characters: 4.5 stars. The two main characters were three-dimensional, and I've never read such a complex, well-developed friendship in a novel before. Bo and Agnes' friendship...

“It had been creeping up on me for a while, this feeling of being caged. But you don’t always know something is choking you until it’s already too tight and you can’t breathe real well.”What do you think of when you say the word run? Cowardice? Courage? For me, the word hints at speed, freedom, and danger. Just three letters form one powerful word and action. Escape, leave, get out! RUN! Ms. Keplinger’s story is not only about running away, but also about finding someplace or someone to run to a...

❖ [booktube wish fulfillment] ❖ [twitter exsixtwosix] ❖More of a 4.5? - #ownvoices rep (as per another reviewer) for legal blindness- I loved the way the author explored what it's like to be a disabled teen and how parents (and friends and community) don't treat your disability as a part of you but as a burden or a tragedy- bisexual rep was A++++++- Keplinger writes phenomenal female friendships; I strongly recommend to those of you who love reading about them- all of my theories about The DUFF

This is such a strong story of friendship and trust, I loved it! Bo and Agnes and as different as night and day but they fit together so well as they're the only people in town that truly understand each other. The idea to run away and start a life at 17 was a little delusional and both they and I knew that from the beginning, but that didn't take away from how invested I was in their futures. Bo and Agnes both get a point of view, with Bo telling you about running away and Agnes telling you abo...

OMG WE HAVE A COVER AND A SYNOPSIS AND IT SOUNDS SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOOOO GOOD

See more of my reviews on The YA Kitten! My copy came from YA Books Central for review.*Bo is bisexual*in #ownvoices representation from Keplinger, Agnes is legally blind*Bo’s family is very poor and her mother is a meth addictA blind girl and a bisexual girl get into a car, steal it in the middle of the night, and drive straight into my heart. That’s this book in the form of a bar joke, but if I can be real a second (for just a millisecond), it’s better than a stale bar joke. If you have any as...

I think this is my new Kody fave - love the dual narrative with alternating timelines, love the friendship between the girls, and love the girls themselves. This is totally a YA Thelma and Louise and even when it hurts it's so much fun.

To say that Agnes and Bo are polar opposites would be grossly overstating their similarities….at least at first glance. It is difficult to imagine what the serene, docile blind girl would discuss with the most promiscuous wild-child in the small southern town. It is initially inconceivable that the two would form a bond built on trust and whole-hearted acceptance. Run isn’t a SnapChat view of two teenagers’ lives. Ms. Keplinger uses a wide lens to clearly capture the vast and complicated contrib...

I had no intention of picking Run, I really don’t. I was trying to minimize reading books about two white best friends, I had enough of that for the last five years. At this point, there’s nothing new to salvage anymore, everything is a tired trope. However, one of my friend picked it up and said there’s an LGBT character on it, which gave me an incentive to check it out. I don’t know why we assumed it’s going to be an f/f love story of some sort. It is not. Tragically, it’s your typical YA book...

PRE-RELEASE THOUGHTS So this sounds like it could possibly be quite gay. Fingers crossed. REVIEW 3/5 starsAt its core, Run is a book about two best friends who love each other, who've changed and shaped each other into the people they've always wanted to be, and their journey. Whether that's through Agnes' POV as she shows us how they became friends, or Bo's POV as she shows us what happens when they run away, it's really just a platonic love story, and I really, really like that. The way Agne

Run is the first book by Kody Keplinger that isn´t about Hamilton High. Even though I didn´t love this book the way I love everything else she has written, it still appealed to me. I like that for the first time its not a YA love story, but a book about friendship. What Bo and Agnes is a much more realistic friendship than anything I´ve read so far. It is such a great read, and it really reminded me how captivating Kody Keplinger writing is, could you please write more books so I never hav

catch me crying in the club over this book and these characters

**Read for Jordan Ford's Summer Reading Challenge 2020. Prompt 4: A road trip book** Rep: Bi main character and ownvoices blind main character. I remember reading the author is biromantic ace, so it kinda feels like it can also be ownvoices there? Idk, don't throw stones‘I don’t think that’ll be too hard,’ Colt said. ‘Whatever you don’t do, the town will say you did anyhow.’This is the story of 2 girl friends, Bo and Agnes and their friendship. They lead different lives and are looked at very di...

Hey would you look at that! 5 stars for a contemporary! Must be the end of the world or something. Just kidding. Honestly, I just loved Run. Not only is it a powerful story about friendship, but it also tackles issues such as sexuality, disability, and family.There are two main characters in the novel, each having their own POV. Agnes is a goody two shoes with overprotective parents, afraid that she'll hurt herself with her disability. On the other hand, Bo has a bad reputation. Her mother is co...

I had to bump this one up in my TBR pile because of the madness that happened with the VOYA review. Not only is it completely offensive and ridiculous to post a WARNING that any book contains a bisexual character, but there is absolutely no mature sexual content tied to this particular bisexual character. Language, yes. Cis/straight sexual situations, yes. And due to THAT content and to the themes of the story - high school girls starting to think about their future and what's next after high sc...

actual rating: 3.5 What risks would you take.. to save your friends? This book was very different to the other books that Kody has written and i've only read two other of her books and i can say this one was very different. This book moved away from the Hamilton high world and focused on a new small town. Plot: this book deals with two girls Bo Dickinson and Agnes Atwood who are from two totally different worlds but there worlds soon collide when Bo asks Agnes to run away with her. There is

This book wasn't what I was expecting. I don't know what I was really expecting but it wasn't that. It's so different to her other books. I enjoyed the fact that is was about friendship. Most books I read are romance, so it was nice to read of a good friendship. They came from two different worlds but it turned into a beautiful friendship. It's so sad to think that people actually treat families like the dickinsons and how it is often generational, the kids just don't know any better so they bec...

Quick review for a quick read. Ye Gods, I actually adored this book. I think one of the things that stayed with me through the read and moving out of it was the relationship between Agnes and Bo - that sold me through the narrative. It's hard not to find yourself drawn to their individual stories and circumstances knowing how different they are and how they end up clicking even with those differences in tow. I think Keplinger did a fine job of showcasing their situations and the hardships and em...