Thursday, February 17, 2011

Before I fall – Lauren Oliver

What if you lived the last day of your life again....would you change anything?
Eighteen year old Sam Kingston is having a severe case of deja vu. Believing that she has died in a horrible car crash with her best friends she finds herself in her bed reliving yesterday, the day of the crash. Reminiscent of the Bill Murray movie Groundhog day, Sam finds herself reliving the day over and over again. Sam is initially a popular girl at school who isn't being true to herself in order to be popular. Over the recurrences of her day Sam learns more about herself, shares her true self with people and gets to know the people she sees everyday at school in a new light. At first I found reading this book hard going as I could not relate to Sam nor did I like her character but I persisted as I was interested in the concept of her reliving the day of the crash. However Sam evolves through the book to show love and a depth of character which ultimate leads the ultimate outcome to her last day. 7/10

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