Book Review: Ways To Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
Posted on Monday, May 17th, 2010 by PrettyLittleYABBlurb: My name is Sam. By the time you read this I will probably be dead.Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukaemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer. Ways to Live Forever is the first novel from an extraordinarily talented young writer. Funny and honest, it is one of the most powerful and uplifting books you will ever read.
I had seen this book advertised, and horror of all horrors, I couldn’t buy it! I was over-joyed when one of my best friends gave it to me for my birthday. I read it that night and finished it. It’s the sort of book that you just can’t put down when you start reading it.
It tells the story of 11-year old Sam who has leukemia. He loves making lists. This book has lists of things he wants to do, how and when he does them, and questions her wants to know the answers to.
I found this book so light and easy to read, even though it was such a serious subject! Sally Nichols is a brilliant writer, and I can’t wait to read more of her books! I was laughing and crying (sometimes at the same time) and it’s one of those books you think LONG about after you have finished!
Sam writes a book about dying, but it turns out to be more of living life to the full rather than death. It’s a very realistic story. Once again, I think that there should have been an epilogue.
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