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A review by meandmypaperback
Before I Go by Colleen Oakley
3.0
Before I Go is a good, easy, contemporary story. It makes you feel. Sadness, Remorse, Love, Anger.
It is about a young woman; Daisy who after beating cancer once, started her life over again, in the process of getting her masters, finds out she gets the unlucky news of going into remission; despite all her healthy habits. This time however, there is no way of beating it. She is given maybe 4 months to live and is now onto doing life with a death sentence.
Through this she wants to start finding her husband a new wife. I found this bit a bit cringe worthy. I won't go into details so I don't spoil it, but... yah. Just no.
I give this 3 stars. It is a stand a lone novel, one that is great to pass the time. But also, one that I won't reach for again. There was a lot of me skimming thru pages, just to get onto the next chapter. I also didn't feel fully invested until the last chapter. And I think its because all through reading it I wish there was another POV. That of Jack. I wanted to know what Jack was feeling. While Daisy was pulling away and cutting him out, trying to find him a new love for after (all while still being pissed at that possibility) , I really wanted to know how he felt. Like, it can't be easy for a guy to go through his wife dying. I kept thinking about what my husband would do, how I would prepare.
All in all, not a bad way to spend a few hours!
Thank you Netgalley for an ARC (even though its been a looong time)
It is about a young woman; Daisy who after beating cancer once, started her life over again, in the process of getting her masters, finds out she gets the unlucky news of going into remission; despite all her healthy habits. This time however, there is no way of beating it. She is given maybe 4 months to live and is now onto doing life with a death sentence.
Through this she wants to start finding her husband a new wife. I found this bit a bit cringe worthy. I won't go into details so I don't spoil it, but... yah. Just no.
I give this 3 stars. It is a stand a lone novel, one that is great to pass the time. But also, one that I won't reach for again. There was a lot of me skimming thru pages, just to get onto the next chapter. I also didn't feel fully invested until the last chapter. And I think its because all through reading it I wish there was another POV. That of Jack. I wanted to know what Jack was feeling. While Daisy was pulling away and cutting him out, trying to find him a new love for after (all while still being pissed at that possibility) , I really wanted to know how he felt. Like, it can't be easy for a guy to go through his wife dying. I kept thinking about what my husband would do, how I would prepare.
All in all, not a bad way to spend a few hours!
Thank you Netgalley for an ARC (even though its been a looong time)