"I felt no lack and didn't want to be anywhere else."

All or Nothing

Antje Herden

All or Nothing

4th ed. published 2023. 144 pages From the age of 14 years up All rights available

All or Nothing

Robin, 15, is an adolescent, lonely and bored, when he meets Leo, who is as cool and self-assured as Robin longs to be. He starts to smoke cigarettes and weed and drink with Leo. Together they meet Anna and Karla. And Karla shows Robin how it feels to be high, both physically and mentally. Whereas Leo remains cool, Robin crashes. In the end he realizes that there was much more to it, and that his reality is a different one.
Herden’s unusual style of writing is spectacular: She writes from Robin’s narrative, whose perspective focuses more and more on Leo. Robin continues to carry on monologues with Leo, even when he is not present. The reader is inside Robin’s head, looks over his shoulder and can even understand and feel his addiction, anxieties and hopes.