A review by keirasweet02
Before You Go by James Preller

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This book was pretty good. The first thing you learn is that there’s a car crash and someone dies. Then the first half of the book is set before the crash. These chapters were decent I liked the characters and judes relationship with Becka. The main character Jude was well written you love him very quickly and he has a lot of depth despite the book only being 200 pages. However, some of the fast food bits went a bit slow and I got slightly bored and there was quite a few pop culture references I didn’t understand as well as a bit of men writing women type content. The actual car crash shocked me, I spent the whole first half thinking it was going to be becka who dies in the crash not judes best friend Corey so when I found out it was Corey I was shook. The second half of the book had me sobbing, you feel what Jude is going through and how he makes stupid decisions and pushes everyone away in his grief and how he felt. Like the scene of him with coreys mam in the shop made me cry so hard. It had a very open ending but it was still good. Overall this book was pretty good.