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

2.0

The more I read this book, the more I disliked it. I don't like books about people reading books, but this was more about the author and his mom between her cancer diagnosis and her death. What really frustrated me was that he never mentioned his dad, what he was doing to help (other than going to treatments with his mom), or his siblings. He was too busy praising his mom, who was pretty high up on a pedestal, and what was going on in his life. Whenever his mom's health was mentioned, she was always so saintly. "I feel guilty for not doing this experimental trial, even though I'm stage 4 and am failing fast." That really made me angry. Maybe it's because I see my dad's health failing and hear all about how hard it is to be a caretaker from my mom. This book was a bit too rose-colored, and it got overly sentimental toward the end.