Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Aug 21 2017
isn:
9781627790550
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The Loose Ends List
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Jul 11 2016
isn:
9780316382816
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Elsewhere
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Aug 24 2015
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9780312367466
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Before I Fall
The heroine of Before I Fall is loathsome for the first 350 or so pages of the 470 page novel, and she dies about a half dozen times. Even so, it's a diverting read, and more nuanced than you think it's going to be.
reviewdate:
Mar 10 2012
isn:
978-0-06-172680-4
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Her Fearful Symmetry
I'll tell you off the bat that if you're looking for another Time Traveler's Wife, this ain't it. I'm not referring to the quality of the writing. You know what, actually I'm mystified by this book. It's the story of two sets of twins, one estranged and one symbiotic; and the residents of the building where three of the four twins lived or live. Pretty much no one in the story is sympathetic, and at least one of them is downright horrible. There's sort of a side story about a guy with debilitating OCD. Because I'm so baffled by a writer I previously so enjoyed, I'm choosing to believe that there are deeper meanings to everything that I'm just not getting. Otherwise, I just didn't care for this book. A fair amount.
reviewdate:
Jun 13 2010
isn:
978-1-4391-6539-3