A review by bookstosoothethesoul
Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson

3.0

 I loved the premise but the execution was lacking. Wilhelm and Jack were super sweet but they needed more development. I think the book would have benefited from losing 75-100 pages. That might feel drastic but the book felt like it lost a lot of tension because the character's weren't taking the steps to change things and I got bored waiting for that to happen. If the characters had to act in a shorter period of time I think I would have enjoyed it more. I also didn't like that Wilhelm was so naïve about the situation he was in. Honestly this might just be an I'm too old for YA problem but I think it's also that one of the MCs was choosing to keep the plot static. You'd think that by the end of the book he'd realize that continuing to make the same choice would prevent him from getting out of the situation he's trying to escape but nope. ANYWAY. We're done, we made it and it was pretty sweet on the whole. I absolutely loved Ruth (a bi black woman). The wlw and mlm solidarity of this book was fun. I'm glad I read it but I definitely won't be rereading. 
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