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The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

3.0

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This choice was a book club book. I liked the concept behind it, but rather than the books the author and his mother read being instruments of life changing discussion, in most cases they are only lightly mentioned, while the reader drowns in detail after detail of the daily life of a family battling cancer. There were times Schwalbe writes insightfully about the family's experiences, but the whole book needs a solid edit, and could lose about fifty pages. At times, the writer seems to dote too much on how much privilege the family has, which I think will really come off badly with some readers. This book would be a comfort to those in a similar family situation, but is only ok for the average reader.