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A review by literaryintersections
Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I don’t think Rebecca’s books are for me. Now that I know how twisty her books are all I do is try to figure out the twist from the first page, which takes away the surprise and tension.
I didn’t love Daphne in this. Or Hugo really either - also he plays a way bigger part than the blurb suggest. Jake is the best. But this book is also sad while not making me cry even close to her other books, I think because I felt so disconnected from the story. I wanted to love it and I read it in 2 days. But I’m so annoyed by it and especially by how it ended.
lastly, there is a strange mention about Israel which I still haven’t quite puzzled through. “We’ve always been reform but over the years my mother got more and more progressive and now their temple has thinks like namaSHVITZ yoga, head blessings, and curiously uniform feelings about Israel”
I didn’t love Daphne in this. Or Hugo really either - also he plays a way bigger part than the blurb suggest. Jake is the best. But this book is also sad while not making me cry even close to her other books, I think because I felt so disconnected from the story. I wanted to love it and I read it in 2 days. But I’m so annoyed by it and especially by how it ended.
lastly, there is a strange mention about Israel which I still haven’t quite puzzled through. “We’ve always been reform but over the years my mother got more and more progressive and now their temple has thinks like namaSHVITZ yoga, head blessings, and curiously uniform feelings about Israel”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma
Moderate: Death