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Before I Fall

By: Lauren Oliver
Narrated by: Sarah Drew
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Like Adam Silvera's They Both Die at the End and Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us, Before I Fall raises thought-provoking questions about love, death, and how one person's life can affect so many others. With this stunning debut novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver emerged as one of today's foremost authors of young adult fiction.

For popular high school senior Samantha Kingston, February 12—""Cupid Day""—should be one big party, a day of valentines and roses and the privileges that come with being at the top of the social pyramid. And it is…until she dies in a terrible accident that night.

However, she still wakes up the next morning. In fact, Sam lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she ever imagined.

Before I Fall is now a major motion picture Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, and Kian Lawley. Named to numerous state reading lists, the novel was also recognized as a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Daily Beast, NPR, and Publishers Weekly.

Cover Art © 2016 Open Road Films. All Rights Reserved.

Accolades & Awards

Goodreads Choice Award
2010
Coming of Age Death & Dying Goodreads Choice Award Difficult Situations Literature & Fiction Friendship Family & Relationships Heartfelt Fiction Fantasy
Compelling Character Development • Emotional Depth • Thought-provoking Themes • Realistic High School Portrayal

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What other book might you compare Before I Fall to and why?

It was like a Butterfly Effect/Groudnhogs day type of book. in fact she mentions both in the story!

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This was unexpectedly a great book. I'd never heard anything from Lauren Oliver or Sarah Drew and was immediately drawn into the story. Not being from the popular group in high school, it was interesting to get such an insight. As she keeps reliving the day, she sees how her actions have ripple effects. It demonstrates how everyone's actions make a difference whether you are popular, goth, geek, or outcast.

The narration was really good. At times the voices for the friends ran together as they all "spoke" with a lazy, whiney cadence. Sarah Drew did a great job distinguishing everyone though and the way she narrated the internal struggle with Sam was top notch.

Definately a Must "Read"

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beautiful imagery, truly great performance and deeply thought provoking and emotional
sorry to finish it.

loved everything about this

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I really REALLY enjoyed this book and have already recommended it to all my friends. The narrator performs the different character voices perfectly, changing her pitch and expression to match the different personalities. The story itself is similar to If I Stay, with a young girl at the beginning of her life trying to figure out what's really important and how to deal with facing death. It's sweet, honest, intriguing, just a little bit sad, romantic, and seriously addicting. It makes you remember being young, especially if your a woman reminiscing on being a teenage girl, and perfectly catches the struggles of high school, of growing up, and of really becoming yourself, who you were meant to be. The leaves you just wanting a bit more, which all good books should do. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a meaningful read.

SPOILER ALERT - DONT READ FURTHER UNLESS TOU WANT THE ENDING RUINED.




Not going to lie...I DEFINITELY wanted Sam to live in the end, to get a real chance to be with Kent, to right all her wrongs, and become the person she dreamed of, as well as see the future she lost. BUT I also understand that having her finally be at rest in the end is more realistic, more relatable, and more honest. But that doesn't mean I'm happy about it!! :) Still love the book, but the romantic in me wishes she got her happy ending.

Great coming of age story that reminds readers what it is to be young

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I would say it's disturbing but that's in a good way. Supposedly for young adults but excellent for all ages. A must listen to!

Me of the most thought provoking books I've listened to

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I hate to compare this to 2 very dynamically different works of fiction but the only things that come to mind are the drama of If I Stay and the repeating events of Groundhog Day.
This novel explores the big question of what would you do if you knew today was your last day, would you continue to do what you always do and go with the flow and play the popularity game or would you actually follow your heart and make a difference for good.
We start the story with Samantha starting her day of Friday February 12th like normal as one of the super popular girls who criticize and make fun of others she dates a very popular guy her life seems perfect until it tragically comes to an end with a sudden car wreck after leaving a party with her friends.
She then wakes up in her bed her alarm ringing she checks her phone and it is Friday again her day is starting over. Is it Deja Vu is her life literally repeating days.?Will she change the events of the day?

There is a lot of good character development with all of the main characters and Samantha spends lots of time figuring out who she really is as she relives her last day 7 times.
This is a good listen/read however it is not my favorite it is a little too teeny genre for me. I would however recommend this for teenager readers.

Groundhog Day meets If I Stay

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