A review by carolineskokie
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

4.0

Wow--literate, engrossing, funny, depressing, and so well written. This is a must-read for any serious reader--and necessary for all of us who are lucky enough to be able to discuss shared books with a mother or father. Some of these books my mother and I have already read and discussed over the years--but many of them, including "The End of Your life Book Club" itself, will be read by the two of us soon. I didn't want the book to end--as we all know how the end will turn out. Like Mary Ann, my mother and I are both famous for peeking at the end of a book. But this book required no last-chapter preview. The journey to the end, though, was written beautifully, with just the right amount of personal stories interwoven with just the right amount of thought and comments on the books that mother and son shared.