real_life_reading 's review for:

The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

3.0

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I started out really liking this book; I thought it was really great that Schwalbe and his mother started their own book club as a special way of bonding. I love how the story revolves more around the books they read rather than the fact his mother is dying of pancreatic cancer. I also loved the story of his mother's life, all the amazing humanitarian work she did as well as her work in academia. As the book went on, however, I felt like it started dragging. Of course, he had to tell the whole story, and he couldn't have started in the middle of her illness, but as heartless as it sounds the book started to get really repetitive to me. Still, it was a great read and gave me really great ideas about other books to add to my reading list.