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kim_j_dare's review against another edition
4.0
February 12-- Samantha Kingston is on her way home from a Friday night party with a car full of friends. Joking, laughing, jostling, a cigarette dropping, a blur of white-- and suddenly Sam's life is over. But it's not. She wakes up to another February 12... then another... then another... and slowly, as she relives her last day on earth over and over again, she realizes how shallow and superficial her life has been and decides to make things right. Think compelling, YA "Groundhog Day" without the happy ending. Well, the ending is happi-ER than it might have otherwise been, but not the nice, neat tied-up-with-a-bow happy ending of Bill Murray's version of living the same day over and over again.
mer_dont_care's review against another edition
5.0
Such a good book....didn't like the ending and loved the ending at the same time
txsyx's review against another edition
4.0
i didn't think i'd end up liking this book so much?? the book is quite big for me and my first thought was "o shit, i guess i can't finish this in less than a month", but i was wrong. i read approximately 100 pages a day (i don't read on weekends, i mostly read at school), which was a lot of pages for me.
anyway, i loved the plot and characters so much. the writing is amazing, and i literally laughed and fell in love with every single character (except rob, he can go away). i think i'll watch the movie and compare it with the book. also, so many beautiful sentences in the book and i jUST???? i could relate to some of the characters and i love love love the character development, the friendship, the romance (surprisingly), and the relationship between the characters' families. i love everything, but i'm still wondering about the ending though.
anyway, i loved the plot and characters so much. the writing is amazing, and i literally laughed and fell in love with every single character (except rob, he can go away). i think i'll watch the movie and compare it with the book. also, so many beautiful sentences in the book and i jUST???? i could relate to some of the characters and i love love love the character development, the friendship, the romance (surprisingly), and the relationship between the characters' families. i love everything, but i'm still wondering about the ending though.
jani0617's review against another edition
5.0
This book was amazing! I haven't read a book that has made me cry in a long time. I would definitely recommend it to all of my friends. This book will play with your emotions but it is worth it.
albs's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
josieabc12's review against another edition
4.0
I'll admit this book made me cry in the end. It was not how I expected it to go. Still an amazing read.
daphx00's review against another edition
5.0
Before I Fall tells us about Sam and her friends, and most of all: the last day of her life. Sam dies and gets to relive her last day and by making only the tiniest changes, she figures out she can change everything.
This book left me speechless, except for the fact that I couldn't stop saying how good it was. The chapters are carefully built, one day at a time and every chapter we discover something new that changes the way Sam (and we) look at things. It makes you think about some of the things you may have said, someday to somebody, that you have forgotten, but the other person has not. It made me think of how I'm treating other people and makes me think more about the things I say to them. After all, you never know when it's your last day.
Oliver's writing style is complicated, yet so incredibly easy to follow and understand. The story is so carefully built and so well put together that everything fits perfectly. I felt for Sam, while in the first chapter I couldn't stand her. Sure, I've been a bitch sometimes, but I didn't behave like she does. The moment I realized that she loved someone, it really touched me heart. I mean, really. I cried. It was all so sad that she had to discover this after she died.
This book is a stunning debut and besides that a really good and well thought out story.
This book is so incredibly good and really touched my heart. I would call it a mustread. Another thing: get out your box of tissues, because you're going to need it.
(this review is published on my blog, http://lvngbooks.blogspot.com)
This book left me speechless, except for the fact that I couldn't stop saying how good it was. The chapters are carefully built, one day at a time and every chapter we discover something new that changes the way Sam (and we) look at things. It makes you think about some of the things you may have said, someday to somebody, that you have forgotten, but the other person has not. It made me think of how I'm treating other people and makes me think more about the things I say to them. After all, you never know when it's your last day.
Oliver's writing style is complicated, yet so incredibly easy to follow and understand. The story is so carefully built and so well put together that everything fits perfectly. I felt for Sam, while in the first chapter I couldn't stand her. Sure, I've been a bitch sometimes, but I didn't behave like she does. The moment I realized that she loved someone, it really touched me heart. I mean, really. I cried. It was all so sad that she had to discover this after she died.
This book is a stunning debut and besides that a really good and well thought out story.
This book is so incredibly good and really touched my heart. I would call it a mustread. Another thing: get out your box of tissues, because you're going to need it.
(this review is published on my blog, http://lvngbooks.blogspot.com)
emstewart23's review
Woooooow this was painful even for 20 minutes. I chose it for one of Britt’s prompts but absolutely cannot listen to this for 12 hours. Vapid, immature, and now outdated. Nope.
emldavis001's review against another edition
1.0
This is probably the worst Lauren Oliver book I have ever read. It just dragged on and on and on. It's so not worth it. It was JUST SO BORING. I really couldn't care less what happened to the characters, and they were all so bitchy that I just couldn't stand reading about them anymore. The chapters were way longer than they needed to be witch just added to how boring it was. Don't bother picking up this book. It's just not worth it.