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The Outliers

by Kimberly McCreight · 2016

It all starts with a text: Please, Wylie, I need your help. Wylie hasn’t heard from Cassie in over a week, not since their last fight. But that doesn’t matter. Cassie’s in trouble, so Wylie decides to do what she has done… more

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Sometimes, it feels like he’s trying to rebuild our lives out of matchsticks. And I do love him for that. But loving someone isn’t the same thing as understanding them.
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Why are the bad things always so much easier to believe? It shouldn't be that way but it is every single time, you're too sensitive, and too worried they say, you care too much about all the wrong things. One little whisper in your ear and the words tumble through your head like you're the one who thought them first. Hear them enough and pretty soon they're etched on the surface of your heart.
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Y a- t- il une partie de lui qui espère que s’il prend en filature ce mec super baraqué, possiblement dangereux et qui mijote certainement un sale coup, il pourra reconquérir Wylie ? Absolument. Sait-il que c’est idiot ? Oui. Dommage que ça ne l’arrête pas.
C’est pour cette raison que les Anomalies sont si importantes. Même en considérant ce que Riel a perdu, qui et ce que sont les Anomalies mérite qu’on se batte. Parce que savoir ce que les gens ressentent vraiment – au plus profond d’eux – peut créer une différence. Ça peut contribuer à rendre le monde meilleur. Plus sincère et plus optimiste. Même si tout n’y sera pas forcément parfait. Même si ce n’est pas un talent qu’on est capable d’identifier et de disséquer.
— La biologie n’est pas le destin, Jasper, a affirmé Jason lors de leur premier entretien. Il y a l’expérience de la vie et le libre arbitre. Même si tu as tendance à te mettre en colère trop vite, tu n’es pas condamné à finir comme ton père.
So much of what people believe makes no sense, Wylie.

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It all starts with a text: Please, Wylie, I need your help.

Wylie hasn’t heard from Cassie in over a week, not since their last fight. But that doesn’t matter. Cassie’s in trouble, so Wylie decides to do what she has done so many times before: save her best friend from herself.

This time it’s different, though. Instead of telling Wylie where she is, Cassie sends cryptic clues. And instead of having Wylie come by herself, Jasper shows up saying Cassie sent him to help. Trusting the guy who sent Cassie off the rails doesn’t feel right, but Wylie has no choice: she has to ignore her gut instinct and go with him.

But figuring out where Cassie is goes from difficult to dangerous, fast. As Wylie and Jasper head farther and farther north into the dense woods of Maine, Wylie struggles to control her growing sense that something is really wrong. What isn’t Cassie telling them? And could

Book details

First published
2016
Genre
Mystery
Goodreads rating
3.32 (10k ratings)

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