4thace reviewed Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Review of 'Before I Fall' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This book really picks up in the last third, where the heroine gets to ring all the changes on this one confusing day which either ends with her asleep or dead, over and over again. Although by the end I didn't come to like all the people in her crowd, I could accept them for what they were. I don't think there's ever any kind of reason given why the protagonist has ended up in the situation she finds herself in, but it does make a sort of emotional sense by the very end. I can also see how this novel would appeal to the YA audience, not only girls but boys too. It is quite well put together especially considering that it's the author's first novel.
It's just the right sort of book to have finished on Groundhog Day.