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The Measure
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i loved every second of this beautiful, unique and thought-provoking book 😭😭😭😭
do you want a creative book? thought-provoking book? character driven book? emotional book? beautiful book? good book for discussion? epic on audio? LOOK NO FURTHER!
i go off on a tangent below—clearly i could talk about this book for 5 hours. it would make a PERFECT book club pick (good choice, Jenna!!!) and it’s even better for people new to reading!
also—i cannot recommend the audiobook enough! it’s narrated by the majorly talented Julia Whelan and per usual she did an amazing job. top 5 audiobooks of all time for me without a question!
this story was so unique and i knew i’d love it from the premise. i saw a few mixed reviews so i was nervous i’d be left with more questions than answers after finishing, but after reflecting a bit more i realized those unanswered questions i do have (where did the strings come from? and why at age 22?) don’t really bother me like i thought they would.
it’s no secret to anyone that the strings in this book can be seen as a HUGE metaphor for so many things in our current state/lifestyle—gender, race, background, sexuality, you name it. why would we treat anyone else different because of any of those things? this book explores that same ideal but with a creative spin—a box with a string inside that gets delivered to your doorstep and depicts how long your life will be.
it’s so fun to ponder and think through what you’d do while reading this. would you open the box to see your string? would the curiousity get the better of you? or would you wait? i can see it both ways, of course. pros and cons to both situations. after you see how the world changes when the strings are delivered, you can’t help but think that ignorance could be bliss. or maybe the strings could help restore so much of our broken world + mindset—and most importantly, change how we choose to live our lives with the little time we have. what do we prioritize, knowing exactly how many years we have on this earth?
i also LOVEDDDDD how every character was intertwined someway. it gave me LOVE, ACTUALLY (the movie) vibes and was so fun to see it play out.
lastly… did i mention i am DYINGGGGG for this to get adapted?!?!? PLEASE book to movie gods!!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
a full review/more to come over on my IG next week, but if you do one thing over the next few months—pick up this book💖
do you want a creative book? thought-provoking book? character driven book? emotional book? beautiful book? good book for discussion? epic on audio? LOOK NO FURTHER!
i go off on a tangent below—clearly i could talk about this book for 5 hours. it would make a PERFECT book club pick (good choice, Jenna!!!) and it’s even better for people new to reading!
also—i cannot recommend the audiobook enough! it’s narrated by the majorly talented Julia Whelan and per usual she did an amazing job. top 5 audiobooks of all time for me without a question!
this story was so unique and i knew i’d love it from the premise. i saw a few mixed reviews so i was nervous i’d be left with more questions than answers after finishing, but after reflecting a bit more i realized those unanswered questions i do have (where did the strings come from? and why at age 22?) don’t really bother me like i thought they would.
it’s no secret to anyone that the strings in this book can be seen as a HUGE metaphor for so many things in our current state/lifestyle—gender, race, background, sexuality, you name it. why would we treat anyone else different because of any of those things? this book explores that same ideal but with a creative spin—a box with a string inside that gets delivered to your doorstep and depicts how long your life will be.
it’s so fun to ponder and think through what you’d do while reading this. would you open the box to see your string? would the curiousity get the better of you? or would you wait? i can see it both ways, of course. pros and cons to both situations. after you see how the world changes when the strings are delivered, you can’t help but think that ignorance could be bliss. or maybe the strings could help restore so much of our broken world + mindset—and most importantly, change how we choose to live our lives with the little time we have. what do we prioritize, knowing exactly how many years we have on this earth?
i also LOVEDDDDD how every character was intertwined someway. it gave me LOVE, ACTUALLY (the movie) vibes and was so fun to see it play out.
lastly… did i mention i am DYINGGGGG for this to get adapted?!?!? PLEASE book to movie gods!!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
a full review/more to come over on my IG next week, but if you do one thing over the next few months—pick up this book💖
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August 3, 2022
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Nov 29, 2022 02:13PM
You never lead me astray. This was incredible — I don’t know if I’ll ever stop thinking about it.
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I’m so excited I finally finished this! You’re review is so spot on! Another question I’ve been pondering… if I were a long stringer could I bring myself to marry a short stringer? The fear of losing my husband too early is a real life fear now. It has caused me to stop following pages of young widows because I couldn’t bear the thought of it being me. So, could I knowingly enter into a marriage with that outcome? Ah! I love my husband and any time with him is better than none. But man. Like you said, such a thought-provoking book.
