An Excuse for a Nice Sit Down and a Glass of Something: PsychoMum's book

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beginning to get it now......

Hurray!

I liked this by the way.....my book that is

read it all in one day, which was why I decided it was to be the ne to send to everyone!

I want time to read more than a page at a time

(Well, not several pages at the same time, lots in one session )

awwwwww

hugs

sorry

was still a good book IMO

So glad you have 'fessed up on the main thread, Psycho

This has been on my "want-to-read" list for aaaaaaages so I was so pleased to get it, and it was a really, really good read.

I was particularly impressed at the way the author makes Tess a believable teenager. Lesser writers might have been tempted to turn her into a complete saint, but I wanted to slap her for most of the book - the monumental self-obsession of a teenager focused through the prism of imminent mortality is a pretty lethal combination.

Worth it for the last 50 pages alone - I thought this had the most incredible ending of any book I have ever read and I was sobbing buckets.

I was delighted to receive this book, as I'd been interested in reading it for a while, but was concerned it might be too childish or too mawkish. But it was neither.

The ending was really moving. All the way through I wondered how the author was going to tackle the inevitable death scene - and she handled it really really well. The language was beautiful, without being overly sentimental.

Tessa was no saint, in fact she was often a total PITA, but the book really brought home the utter unfairness of her diagnosis, and the tragic waste of such a young life.

I looked at this and groaned slightly (sorry) as I'm not a fan of mislit, but this was strangely uplifting. I loved it.

It was very simply written and, as you say, the main character was sometimes a PITA, but the story was totally believable. It was sweet without being saccharine; sad without being morbid. I read it in one sitting.