Novels for young teenagers do not usually feature drugs and casual sex within the first 20-odd pages. 5 stars Jo Hoare, Heatĭealing frankly with teenage life, Before I Die will be the year's most talked-about novel. A book that will make you happy to be alive. I want to tell you again how happy and proud I am to publish this very original, and well crafted novel, the first work by a talented writer bound to join the literary circle of the greatest Sylvie Audoly, Plon, FranceĪ novel that won't fail to touch those who read it, and despite the melancholy subject matter it manages to be hugely life-affirming. Young adolescents might recognize Tess's last wishes, sex, love, drugs etc., but older readers will be blown away by the story, by her father, her courage etc.the first-person narrative is brilliant and proves for me she is a literary writer with a longer career than this novel Martijn David, Mouria, Netherlands In general I do not weep while reading books. You told me yesterday that I needed tissues and you were right. I just want to express my thoughts on this book. The voice of this girl is brilliant, the story so well written, I could not stop reading - knowing that there is no happy ending, knowing that only a slow read will give Tessa more time to live.A perfect book about the meaning of life Christian Rohr, Bertelsmann Even editors can be moved - and BEFORE I DIE surely did it to me. It is the most amazing book I have read for a very long time.
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