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I can‘t be the only one who is confused
Apr 16, 2025
3.0
I can‘t be the only one who is confused
Apr 16, 2025
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Like Adam Silvera's They Both Die at the End and Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us, Before I Fall raises thought-provoking questions about love, death, and how one person's life can affect so many others. With this stunning debut novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver emerged as one of today's foremost authors of young adult fiction.
For popular high school senior Samantha Kingston, February 12—"Cupid Day"—should be one big party, a day of valentines and roses and the privileges that come with being at the top of the social pyramid. And it is…until she dies in a terrible accident that night.
However, she still wakes up the next morning. In fact, Sam lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she ever imagined.
Before I Fall is now a major motion picture Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, and Kian Lawley. Named to numerous state reading lists, the novel was also recognized as a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Daily Beast, NPR, and Publishers Weekly.
For popular high school senior Samantha Kingston, February 12—"Cupid Day"—should be one big party, a day of valentines and roses and the privileges that come with being at the top of the social pyramid. And it is…until she dies in a terrible accident that night.
However, she still wakes up the next morning. In fact, Sam lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she ever imagined.
Before I Fall is now a major motion picture Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, and Kian Lawley. Named to numerous state reading lists, the novel was also recognized as a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Daily Beast, NPR, and Publishers Weekly.
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ISBN9780061726804
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication Date03/02/10
Pages480
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
Price2.45 €
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malima199830 Followers
4.5"Before I fall" focuses on Sam, a teenage girl who is part of the most popular girl clique of her high school. She loves her friends and her popularity, likes that she has a popular boyfriend, but disdains most of the rest of her grade or even her whole school. She's one of the mean girls. Then, on the way home from a party her friend's car swerves off the road and Sam dies in the crash. Only, she wakes up the next day and relives it. Desperate to not die again, she tries to change things up, again and again. Along the way she learns things about herself, her friends and even the people she only tolerated or disliked up until this point. She finds out about the bad parts of her friends and the things she has in common with people outside her circle. I really enjoyed following Sam's transformation from a mean girl who goes along with a lot of things just to keep her popularity and a girl who stands up for what she wants and is nice to other people just for the sake of it. It's also a good look at bullying and how it often starts randomly, with small things, and continues to get perpetuated because everyone is afraid to find themselves at the bottom of the social hierarchy.
Aug 2, 2025
4.5"Before I fall" focuses on Sam, a teenage girl who is part of the most popular girl clique of her high school. She loves her friends and her popularity, likes that she has a popular boyfriend, but disdains most of the rest of her grade or even her whole school. She's one of the mean girls. Then, on the way home from a party her friend's car swerves off the road and Sam dies in the crash. Only, she wakes up the next day and relives it. Desperate to not die again, she tries to change things up, again and again. Along the way she learns things about herself, her friends and even the people she only tolerated or disliked up until this point. She finds out about the bad parts of her friends and the things she has in common with people outside her circle. I really enjoyed following Sam's transformation from a mean girl who goes along with a lot of things just to keep her popularity and a girl who stands up for what she wants and is nice to other people just for the sake of it. It's also a good look at bullying and how it often starts randomly, with small things, and continues to get perpetuated because everyone is afraid to find themselves at the bottom of the social hierarchy.
Aug 2, 2025
noractive13 Followers
4.0Samantha weiß nicht, ob alles nur ein Traum ist, oder Wirklichkeit. Sie sieht wie sich ihr Verhalten auswirkt und beginnt darüber nachzudenken. Ihr Leben wird plötzlich kostbar und sie beginnt Momente und Kleinigkeiten zu lieben. Jeder, ihrer letzten Tage, verläuft unterschiedlich. Und sie erkennt, was wirklich wichtig im Leben ist. Vergeblich versucht sie, nicht nur, ihren eigenen Tod zu verhindern. Am Anfang der Geschichte fand ich Samantha ein bisschen unsympathisch, oder arrogant. Aber im Verlauf des Geschehens verändert sie sich - was ihren Freunden nicht entgeht. Immer stärker wird dem Leser bewusst, welche Auswirkungen das eigene Verhalten auf Mitmenschen haben kann, und wie kostbar das Leben sein kann. Ein Jugendbuch, das zum Nachdenken über das eigene Leben anregt.
Jul 28, 2025
4.0Samantha weiß nicht, ob alles nur ein Traum ist, oder Wirklichkeit. Sie sieht wie sich ihr Verhalten auswirkt und beginnt darüber nachzudenken. Ihr Leben wird plötzlich kostbar und sie beginnt Momente und Kleinigkeiten zu lieben. Jeder, ihrer letzten Tage, verläuft unterschiedlich. Und sie erkennt, was wirklich wichtig im Leben ist. Vergeblich versucht sie, nicht nur, ihren eigenen Tod zu verhindern. Am Anfang der Geschichte fand ich Samantha ein bisschen unsympathisch, oder arrogant. Aber im Verlauf des Geschehens verändert sie sich - was ihren Freunden nicht entgeht. Immer stärker wird dem Leser bewusst, welche Auswirkungen das eigene Verhalten auf Mitmenschen haben kann, und wie kostbar das Leben sein kann. Ein Jugendbuch, das zum Nachdenken über das eigene Leben anregt.
Jul 28, 2025
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