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Book Review of Before I Fall

Before I Fall
Before I Fall
Author: Lauren Oliver
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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I read this book in about two days. It was that riveting.

The premise is that the narrator, Sam (short for Samantha), has pretty much the perfect life as a high school senior who is part of the popular crowd, with a great boyfriend, headed for a good college. Then she dies. As she relives her last day over and over again, she begins to realize that her life (and the people in it) were not as perfect as she thought.

It's definitely YA fiction, with a pretty accurate view of high school life (and before, through flashbacks).