"If this was the last day of your life, what would you do to make things right?" (From a song by Glass Pear called "Last Day of Your Life," which is the perfect song for this book! If this book were a movie, I imagine this song playing over the trailer.) 
 Before I Fall is a story about death. It's a story about life. How would you live your life if you knew today was your last day? What would you do differently? What would you do the same? Samantha Kingston has to answer these questions on the last day of her life, which she has to relive seven times. Each time she has to relive her last day, she has to figure out what she needs to do differently until she gets it right so that she and the people she loves can go on. 
 At first, I didn't care for this story. One, most of the characters are really shallow, and they honestly don't change much. The only character that really changes throughout the entire story is Samantha, which is to be expected, anyway. Two, the first half of the book is really repetitive. For the first three days Samantha has to relive her last day, nothing really changes. A few minor things change here and there, but it was like reading the same story over and over again. It got boring really quickly. Then, the fourth time she has to relive her last day, things really start changing and picking up. It was like a light bulb turned on in Samantha's head and she realized, "Oh, I need to start making some changes if I want to stop waking up on the same day." I really got more into the story around that point, and I was rooting for Samantha and wanted to figure things out right along with her. I really wasn't expecting to figure out the things that I did. Many things surprised me. I was disappointed at times, mad at times, reflective at times, laughing at times, happy at times, and satisfied with the way things end. 
 Aside from the shallow characters and the dull first half, this story is very thought provoking. It will make you examine your own life, the way you treat people, the way you treat yourself, and, ultimately, really want to live each day to the fullest, because you really never know which one will be your last. 
 A few random thoughts: 
 Poor Kent. :-( 
 Poor Samantha! 
 But, seriously, it took her seven times?!