CRAZY

Connor knows that Izzy will never fall in love with him the way he’s fallen for her. But somehow he’s been let into her crazy, exhilarating world and become her closest confidante. But the closer they get, the more Connor realizes that Izzy’s highs are too high and her lows are too low. And the frenetic energy that makes her shine is starting to push her into a much darker place. As Izzy’s behavior gets increasingly erratic and self-destructive, Connor gets increasingly desperate to stop her from plummeting. He knows he can’t save her from her pain…but what if no one else can?

Praise for Crazy

“Real and very relatable…There is great pleasure here in not looking away from the train wreck situations that Isabel creates.”

VOYA

“Vibrant…Convincing writing…Teens will undoubtedly race through this compelling and moving novel.”

School Library Journal

Bank Street College Best Book of the Year

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on November 16, 2011 at 6:34 pm | Reply chelsea

this looks so good… i wish is was coming out sooner! i hope you keep writing because clean and beautiful have helped me through my struggles.
- on March 7, 2012 at 8:45 am | Reply Dystinee
  
  im only twleve and love it…its going to help me when i get to the real world….. to not do drugs and i havent read beautiful hopefully its good right now im reading clean and its giving me so many lessons and thoughts of what not do or what to do
on December 11, 2011 at 8:39 pm | Reply Mesa

I loved Clean and I’m planning to read Beautiful soon! Crazy looks amazing … I can’t wait till it come out!
- on March 7, 2012 at 8:46 am | Reply Dystinee
  
  Me too..Team Amy Reed!!!!
  - on March 7, 2012 at 8:46 am Dystinee
    
    Team Amy Reed imma say that on twitter
on December 12, 2011 at 12:10 am | Reply alexis gribble

Never stop!! You have such a good gift! I have bought clean and beautiful. Loved them!! I’m fifteen and I related to olivia in your clean book soo much!!!! (: and I absolutely loved The beautiful book. I was having a hard time when I started reading it. Personal problems but it really opened my eyes!! I have such an amazing book idea (:
on December 23, 2011 at 4:58 am | Reply Lara

I just wanted to thank you and your incredibly talented writing; it’s helped me SO much and I have no idea how to thank you. I have re-read your books non-stop. Can’t wait for your next book. I love you and your work!! ❤
on December 26, 2011 at 6:53 pm | Reply ashleyallard

I wanted to read a part of it llike I did with clean but its only available to teachers and people like that kind of dissapointing but I guess ill have to wait 😦 … I don’t like waiting grr
- on December 27, 2011 at 8:17 am | Reply amyreedfiction
  
  don’t worry! I’ll post an excerpt for everyone to read soon 🙂
  - on March 7, 2012 at 8:47 am Dystinee
    
    yayyyyyyyy………im happyyyyyyy..your my new favorite author…. when is it…
on January 10, 2012 at 10:06 am | Reply clare

I would just let you know that you are an inspiring author to me and i hope i can open the eyes of others just as you have! You have a deep soul to write these incredible books and through all the tears and smiles i know how to make it through and you hit the points head on. (personal experiences with these struggles of the characters in your books.)As an aspiring writer i’d like to know how do you put yourself in those situations? Because these are similar situations like I write about.
- on January 12, 2012 at 11:30 am | Reply amyreedfiction
  
  Thanks so much! I think it’s a matter of trying to become your characters as much as possible and experiencing things along with them, and to use your own experiences and feelings to try to relate. I think writing compelling, deep characters is a lot like method acting.
  - on March 7, 2012 at 8:49 am Dystinee
    
    …ummm i love stories that got to do with the real world and so that basically means i like yoursss…..i could imagine me being one of those characters thats how great they are..your putting your book to make the reader be in their shoes..i like it
on February 13, 2012 at 5:09 am | Reply Adrienne

Amy, could you maybe post an excerpt for Crazy? I have read both Beautiful and Clean multiple times, so I’m sure Crazy won’t disappointed and I’m so excited for it to come out. I would absolutely love to read an excerpt, I’m sure that others would, too! Thanks!
- on February 13, 2012 at 10:43 am | Reply amyreedfiction
  
  Don’t worry! I’ll post an excerpt of Crazy soon! Probably in March…
on February 13, 2012 at 11:12 am | Reply Elizabeth

Hurray! A new book! I’m very excited to read it! I loved both of your other books, Beautiful and Clean, and I’m pleased to see that you’re writing more. I am going to be an author someday, and I can only hope that my stories are as powerful and amazing as yours!
on March 7, 2012 at 8:52 am | Reply Dystinee

i love to write about true life stuff real talk…….i wanted to be an author once but i dont know why not know….i have inspried people to read your books by letting then read pages and they love it also so know they are all like “Let Me Read This After You” and im all like “Okie Dokie”…its amazing….
on July 4, 2012 at 2:41 pm | Reply Juliette

I know a lot of people who have had drug problems to the point that they sold all of their clothes and furniture to consume. I really could understand Olivia because I have lived for two weeks in a anorexic ward in the hospital and it is hard. I don’t know how you get these brilliant ideas for book, but when one my book gets published I hope it is half as good as Clean or Crazy, don’t worry it’s not that I don’t like Beautiful, I just have not read it yet. Thanks for the help, I finally don’t feel alone and crazy about having being depressed for a long time. My sister was and my mother have been in big depressions and my father has had a burn out, so I know what Connor means when he imagines a bathtub full of blood. I know what living with a suicidal persons means and it is wonderful that people can now understand without living it. I can’t wait to read your next book!
With the admiration in the world,
Juliette

Ps: Why are there three blank pages at the end of Crazy?
on October 27, 2012 at 10:09 pm | Reply Sara

I love this book!and also I love Amy Reed!
on June 28, 2013 at 12:21 am | Reply Brittney T.

I feel like im the girl version of Connor. God hes so great.
I love this book SO much. I seriously just finished it 5 minutes ago.
on July 9, 2013 at 4:45 pm | Reply No name please Just somewhere out in the U.S.A

I sometimes feel like Isabel and sometimes feel like connor.
For along time i wondered why. I was tested for adhd and scitsafrinia. Both came out negitive then 2 months ago i was tested for bi polar and ocd and both came out possitive. I have read every single one of your books not includind Over You and i feel i can relate to every one Cassie, Eva, Jason, Christopher. But, after i read Crazy i realized that you described me as Isabel when i’m sad, alone, scared, and ecpesally ANGRY! I never knew how far my dieses would take me until i read about the fire and the suicide attempt then i asked my mom if i could start seeing a theripist and now i feel tons better. mabey if Isabel would have actually talked to her “shrink” bad things wouldnt have happened. But, I understand why she didnt it took me 7 visits before i started talking to my theripist at all.

Amy Reed you are awesome i cant wait to get Over You Please continue to write books.
- on July 10, 2013 at 10:01 am | Reply amyreedfiction
  
  I am so happy to hear that reading my book inspired you to ask your mom for help! Hopefully it doesn’t have to get as bad for you as it did for Isabel, because you’re doing things to take care of yourself now. I wish you the very best.
on July 15, 2013 at 12:41 am | Reply reemapatel203

absoultely amazing. changed my life. coming from someone with bipolar disorder
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on September 9, 2013 at 11:42 pm | Reply Riley

I loved the book immensely. But I have a question, what were the strange dots and smudges in the book? My friend and I were confused about them. What are they? One of Izzy’s art projects? A burnt page?

But I love the book and I am glad my friend found it. She was just like Izzy and I got to be her Connor. Thank you for helping her know that other people suffer the same, but we can get help before it gets too rough.
- on September 16, 2013 at 8:47 pm | Reply amyreedfiction
  
  So glad to hear about your friend getting help!
  
  The marks on those blank pages are meant to be ashes….
on October 9, 2013 at 7:33 pm | Reply Joelle

I really loved this book, especially the way you make the characters come to life. I liked that I was able to relate to their struggles. I’ve loved writing for as long as I remember, and it would be a dream to someday write a novel that can impact people the way that yours have impacted me. Your novels, Clean in particular, have helped me with some serious depression I’ve had for the past few years. I guess I just wanted to say thank you for writing, because your books really helped me through a difficult time.

Joelle
on October 16, 2013 at 3:50 pm | Reply Rachel

I need help. I need a site for Literary criticism on this book. Any suggestions?
- on October 16, 2013 at 3:53 pm | Reply amyreedfiction
  
  You can check out the links to reviews I included on this site. Hope that helps
on March 14, 2015 at 2:41 pm | Reply kristina

I Just Red Your Book Crazy It’s Wonderful! Im 15 & i got a few of my friends to read it also but i feel like its not completely done is their gonna be a squeal? Ive been asking around trying to see if theirs a squeal or gonna be one.
- on March 16, 2015 at 9:12 am | Reply amyreedfiction
  
  I haven’t planned a sequel, but you never know 😉
on June 17, 2015 at 9:38 pm | Reply Kay

I’ve searched for Connor. He doesn’t exist. I’ve tried to find him in everything; Love interests, friends, adult confidants, strangers on the internet for God’s sake. He isn’t real. He is nowhere. There is NO ONE like him.
Isabel? Isabel is very real. There are broken people who aren’t at home even in their own minds, people who are random puzzle pieces that you aren’t sure where they came from because they don’t fit into this picture and none of your other puzzles seem to be missing pieces. They are allowed to stay in the box but they are ignored because they don’t really belong there.
Connor is the fictional one. There are NOT understanding people with patience and love who stick around and put up with Isabels no matter how horrible they are. No one can stand Isabels. Not even other Isabels can. They are destined to be isolated always.
Where is he, Amy? Where is Connor? Did you base Isabel off of reality and throw her into fictional paradise to give her false hope?
Please tell me he’s real, too.
- on June 18, 2015 at 8:56 am | Reply amyreedfiction
  
  There are Connors out there. I promise you. My husband is one of them. But you’re right, they’re hard to find. They’re the quiet ones, the guys you don’t notice. Keep looking, and be patient.
  - on June 18, 2015 at 4:20 pm Kay
    
    Patience is the first item on the list of virtues I don’t have. What if I can’t wait? What happens if there’s nothing left of me when(if) he comes?