It's predictable, sometimes cheesy, and very reminiscent of other similar stories with the same tropes, but I will still be sobbing by the end! 

THIS BOOK

I decided to pick this book up on a whim several months after my entire life was tipped on its head and experienced several traumatic losses one after another and was beginning to lose myself again and sight of the point of waking up on the morning. 

For as long as I can remember I’ve always had a morbid curiosity with the afterlife and “what if’s”. I’ve had to make several life altering decisions and sometimes I wonder what my life would’ve looked like if I had of made a different decision. I don’t consider these decisions regrets in the slightest but sometimes i just wonder how different my life could’ve look now if I made different choices. 

This book explores the concept of regret and making the most out of the life you’re given. As someone who has also looked down the barrel of death on several occasions and toyed with the idea of not waking up in the morning, this book NAILS what it’s like to be faced with those choices and the difference between life and death. 

Without spoiling anything I suggest that everyone reads this book, particularly if you’re feeling lost, in a dark place or navigating your 20s/midlife crisis. EVERYONE should read this book. 

Was it perfect? No absolutely not. But was it honest? Yes. Did it tackle a topic of the human condition and struggles many people face at least once in their lives in a way anyone can understand and conceptualise? FUCKING YES

Do yourself a favour and read this book. 

Characters: 9/10
Writing: 9/10
Plot: 9/10
Atmosphere: 10/10
Intrigue: 7/10
Logic: 9/10
Enjoyment: 8/10

Overall: 8.7/10

A beautiful, heartwarming novel about mental health, regrets, and the multiple possibilities that all our lives hold. Highly recommend this to everybody, though consider content warnings of suicide, self-harm, death. 

Currently reading it during a transitional time and the ending hit really hit hard— “we don’t have to do everything in order to be everything, because we are already infinite. While we are alive we always contain a future of multifarious possibility”.

"Because Nora, sometimes the only way to learn is to live"
- Mrs. Elm 

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