theliteraryel 's review for:

I Think We've Been Here Before by Suzy Krause

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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When do you do something if now is too soon but there is no later?

What would you do if you knew the world is ending in a few months?
This book depicts it so real, so very humanly and humorously, this doomed to be a sad world ending scenario became something not depressing but uplifting instead.

I loved the actual study of that life flashes before the eyes just before dying is sprinkled throughout the book as it was explained in the end in Marlen’s book. The beginning after the end, and the story changes slightly, in the tiniest way to make it better. This whole idea and implementation was so good! And smooth.

There are different stories from different perspectives/characters and each has a different focal point, I think it is one of the best ways of telling about aging. It was chaotic, even hard to wrap my head around sometimes, I had to sit with my reading to get my thoughts on book together a while, and yet it was so thought-provoking and realistically capturing so many emotions about love, family and purpose.

The writing and detailed story telling with a little possible twist in the end were all brilliant.

Thank you Netgalley and Lake Union Publishing for the e-ARC!