Book Review

This Week’s Book Review

Written By Colleen Worger, Gr.10

The book that I have chosen to review is “Before I Fall” written by Lauren Oliver. The plot line of this story is very simple, yet very intriguing. The main character is a teenager named Samantha Kingston, and the book is about an ordinary day in her life, which turns out to be her last. Samantha ends up getting seven chances to relive her last day and discover the true value of everything that she is in danger of losing. The story follows Samantha and her three best friends on Valentine’s Day at their school. Throughout the story, learns new things about people that she had never talked to before and even things about herself that she never noticed.

          I enjoyed every page of this book, and was hooked from the first chapter. I wasn’t too sure that it would be enjoyable at first, seeing as it entailed reading about the same day seven times, but I loved it. None of the days were the same; there was always something that made each one more interesting than the last. Lauren Oliver did a great job when it came to adding certain amazing aspects that contributed to enhancing everything in the story. The details and explanations were so descriptive that I felt like I was watching everything happen and I could understand what emotions the characters were feeling. I think that Lauren Oliver did a good job of sending a message to the reader about loving life and cherishing everyone and everything in it. The message was delivered by the main character as she discovered she could lose everything; all the wonderful things in life that she had just taken for granted. Two of my favorite quotes from the book are:

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”, and “Hope keeps you alive. Even when you’re dead, it’s the only thing that keeps you alive.”

          Overall, I really enjoyed this book and would give it a 10/10.

          ~Colleen Worger