Similar in some ways to ‘If I Stay’, ‘Before I Die’ follows the story of Tessa as she sets out to fulfil her own <i>bucket list</i> after being told she has terminal cancer.
My Rating: 2 out of 5
A deeply moving novel, but reduced slightly by an inability to truly connect with Tessa, despite the first person narrative. The items on her list are quite stereotypical, with sex, drugs and law breaking, which although are reasonable when taking into account her age and what she may miss out on, yet it takes away from the originality that would have made this book so much better.
Having said this, Downham finds a way to highlight the true nature of a disease that has taken over Tessa, in such a way that it approaches a horribly realistic subject to teenagers, enabling them to understand what it must be like.
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