A review by spchamb
The Measure by Nikki Erlick

3.0

This book felt like one of those movies with a big Hollywood cast (Love Actually, New Year's Eve, etc.). Everyone receives a string in a box that reveals the length of their life. The rest of the book follows various characters who are coping with the fallout of this truth being revealed to them. Most of the characters meet in a "short-stringers," group and the book eventually reveals how the rest of the characters end up being connected. While I thought this was thought-provoking and an interesting concept, it felt a little dull. There's the big reveal of the strings at the beginning and then the plot kind of tapers off with no big climax.