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A review by erin_andi
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
3.0
2.5, rounded up out of guilt, I think.
I had higher expectations for this story; I was picturing the second coming of Tuesdays With Morrie. As much as I was able to relate to the basis of this story (as a book loving daughter of a book loving parent who also passed away from cancer), I thought that this was a reach of a memoir. Mrs. Schwalbe sounded like an amazing woman, no doubt, but the story was mostly just depressing rather than moving in any way. The "bok club" seemed a stretch to me, and the conversations, or at least what was written of the conversations, about each book were superficial. I wanted to love this one.
I had higher expectations for this story; I was picturing the second coming of Tuesdays With Morrie. As much as I was able to relate to the basis of this story (as a book loving daughter of a book loving parent who also passed away from cancer), I thought that this was a reach of a memoir. Mrs. Schwalbe sounded like an amazing woman, no doubt, but the story was mostly just depressing rather than moving in any way. The "bok club" seemed a stretch to me, and the conversations, or at least what was written of the conversations, about each book were superficial. I wanted to love this one.