Publication Date: 10-25-2011
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: N/A
Format: Audiobook
Source: Library
Challenge: None
Goodreads Summary:
What
if you had only one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how
far would you go to save your own life?
Samantha
Kingston has it all: the world's most crush-worthy boyfriend, three amazing
best friends, and first pick of everything at Thomas Jefferson High—from the
best table in the cafeteria to the choicest parking spot. Friday, February 12,
should be just another day in her charmed life.
Instead,
it turns out to be her last.
Then
she gets a second chance. Seven chances, in fact. Reliving her last day during
one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death—and
discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing.
Lauren
Oliver made me fall in love with audiobooks all over again. If my drive to work included roads in which I
had to drive next to anyone, they would have been looking at me like I was
crazy. This book made me laugh out loud,
it made me cry, and it made me yell in my car at the circumstances. It was amazing. Plain and simple.
Samantha
Kingston is a teenage girl who is living the dream. She has three best friends and is basically
top of the food chain in school. Then,
she heads out to a party of Friday, February 12th and isn’t
thinking. She doesn’t think about the
fact that her friends are all drunk. She
doesn’t think about the possibility of dying because who does? What teenager ever thinks something bad will
happen to them? Of course, Sam is
unlikely that night. She dies in a car
accident with her three best friends.
Miraculously,
Sam wakes up the next morning. She is
given a second chance at life and a chance to make it right again. But how can she change it to make it better?
Well, the changes Sam makes end up not being enough. She has to live this same day over and over
and over again. Seven times. Could you imagine having to live the same day
seven times? The day you die? Sam
discovers a lot about herself and those around her including Kent, Lindsey and
Juliet. She finds out more about them
than she probably cares to know, but it is all necessary. Sam discovers the importance of life and
love. Sam finally comes to realize that
it isn’t all about her and her friends, but it’s about those around her. It’s about living every day like it’s your
last. It’s about doing what you can for
other people because you never know when life is going to come to an end.
If you
haven’t read this book yet, I really recommend the audiobook. The narrator, Sarah Drew from Grey’s Anatomy is perfect. She had the perfect voice to portray
Samantha. As I said, I cried, laughed,
and yelled in my car while listening, but it was all worth it to get to the
amazing ending. A perfect look into a
last day full of regrets which could be anyone’s last day.
No comments:
Post a Comment