For Everyone

For Everyone by Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds
Star Rating
★★★★★
Reviewer's Rating
Aug 19, 2022

Jason Reynolds has something to say to all of the dreamers out there. Something that’s
been at the back of his head, holding him back for as long as he can remember. He’s finally ready
to let it go for the world to see. But first, he needs you to know something. He doesn’t know
anything about making dreams come true. He’s been dreaming all his life, and he has yet to see
everything come together. That’s something that all dreamers know about. The feeling of
dreaming, of everything you want to be and everything you can be. The feeling of being a
different, better person, and knowing that one day, you can be that person. But there’s always
that feeling. That feeling in the back of your mind, holding you back, dragging you down, telling
you that you can’t do it. You can’t jump into the life that you know you want, the life that you’ve
been working so hard to create. The fear holds you back. But Jason Reynolds has a message for
you. Jump anyway. No matter what, jump anyway. No matter how great the obstacle, how
impossible the situation, how strong the fear, jump anyway. He doesn’t know anything about
making dreams come true. But he does know that, no matter what, you have to jump anyway. If
all of this means nothing to you, you can destroy it. Use it for something, maybe firewood on
your journey. But for all the dreamers out there, the ones that know what it’s like to dream all
your life, this is for you.

It’s hard to put into words how I feel about this book. It’s important to note that it might
not resonate with everyone. As Reynolds himself states, the book is for the dreamers. But for the
dreamers, the ones that Reynolds describes, this book is so powerful. That’s the best way to
describe this book. It’s definitely not your typical book. It’s hard to write a typical summary, or
even explain the plot of the book. But that’s what makes it so powerful. It defies everything that
the reader expects from a book, just to deliver the most important message that Reynolds can:
jump anyway. It’s actually exactly how Reynolds describes it at the beginning of the book. For
Everyone is a letter that people find on their way to their dream. Some people may use it as
nothing more than firewood. But for the dreamers, it can be the spark that reignites the fire inside
them, or makes it burn brighter than ever. This book is more powerful than it seems, which
makes it as deserving of a rating of 5 as any book. For all the dreamers, this is a letter than you
can’t miss.

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Varun R.

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