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A review by willwork4airfare
By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
1.0
By the Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead is a book about a young teenage girl named Daelyn who wants to end her life. She’s tried a few times before and one of those attempts forced her to wear a neck brace to protect her esophagus and prevents her from speaking. The books takes place over the thirty days she counts down before she intends to commit suicide for the final time.
I don’t even feel comfortable reviewing this book because it’s really intense and personal and I’m sure a lot of people have really related to it over the years and many people feel the same way every day, but I really had a hard time finishing it.
Right away this book got really whiny really fast. At one point in her rants she complains that her parents care more about work than they do about her because they don’t have time to homeschool her. It’s possible that the author was going for the selfishness angle with suicide, so in that case, she’s got it down pretty well, but it was a real effort to read.
About halfway through I was going to just give up, but the leave the reason for the narrator’s throat injury a secret and while I was pretty sure I could guess, I really wanted to know for sure. And let me tell you, I’m really upset that I finished it because the ending is completely awful and I just wasted a few hours of my life.
I would never recommend this book to anyone. It’s morbid and whiny and relentless. The narrator never sticks up for herself and most of the main events are told through really short IM style memories. Just honestly awful.
I don’t even feel comfortable reviewing this book because it’s really intense and personal and I’m sure a lot of people have really related to it over the years and many people feel the same way every day, but I really had a hard time finishing it.
Right away this book got really whiny really fast. At one point in her rants she complains that her parents care more about work than they do about her because they don’t have time to homeschool her. It’s possible that the author was going for the selfishness angle with suicide, so in that case, she’s got it down pretty well, but it was a real effort to read.
About halfway through I was going to just give up, but the leave the reason for the narrator’s throat injury a secret and while I was pretty sure I could guess, I really wanted to know for sure. And let me tell you, I’m really upset that I finished it because the ending is completely awful and I just wasted a few hours of my life.
I would never recommend this book to anyone. It’s morbid and whiny and relentless. The narrator never sticks up for herself and most of the main events are told through really short IM style memories. Just honestly awful.