This was a unique and interesting concept that I was drawn to right away. It did read like a B rated action film and medical show especially with the way the story unraveled. Not sure if it was the best for a book but could definitely work for a movie.

I didn’t really connect to the characters but the story was pretty good. It is predictable, especially the conclusion and how everything is wrapped up perfectly. It is an entertaining read even if it wasn’t my favorite way to tell a story.

I enjoyed the concept of this novel. It was very Black Mirror-like and does make you think. Will see what the author comes up with next.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kat Biggie Press for the opportunity to read this book. All opinions are my own.

3.5/5

I had such a hard time with book. Fascinating concept but as a new mother, I struggled with it… and relating it to my own new baby. This book will stick with me for quite a while.

Expiration Date is a very slow build. The plot was very interesting, imagine knowing the time of your baby's death when they are born. Scary to think about, which is exactly what makes this book work. It's a fantastic read for anyone who is fascinated by death and medicine (I'm one of those people).

Pay attention while you read this one as there are details to keep track of and a complex puzzle to solve. The author makes the characters real which, in turn, makes the story alarmingly plausible. There are a lot of conspiracy theory books around but this one does not sacrifice dialogue and characterisation for the plot, making it a cut above many others.

Thankyou to NetGalley, the publishers and the author, Mardine Perrins, for the opportunity to read a copy of Expiration Date in exchange for an honest and unbiased opinion.
I thought this was a good story. It maintains a steady, thought provoking pace.
Worth a read.

Expiration Date by Mardine Perrins
Publisher: Kat Biggie Press
Genre: General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers | Sci Fi & Fantasy
Release Date: March 9, 2021

Expiration Date by Mardine Perrinsi is a medical thriller written by a medical professional so there is a sense of realism to this dystopian novel!

This book kicks off right from the start! It's fast paced and definitely kept my attention!

The characters were interesting and likeable. The storyline was fascinating and really enjoyable!

This is one of those books that makes you wonder if this could be mankind's future! I highly recommend this book! It is an awesome read!

I'm so grateful to Mardine Perrins, Kat Biggie Press, and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this ARC ebook in exchange for my honest review.

A fantastic new twist on a futuristic dystopia, Expiration Date is set in a world that still looks very much like our own, but has long moved past it's population and non-renewable resources problem, as well as the damage that we've caused to the planet. It's moving in an upward direction and back on track to being a healthy world, and it has very slight tech upgrades, such as hover cars and holograms. That being said, it's all thanks to something that changed the entire world as soon as they started showing up, expiration dates on every single human being born in the last century, telling the exact date when a person will die.

With expiration dates came mass hysteria, mostly because people didn't know what they were at first. A blessing and a curse, knowing your exact death date can be a huge challenge. But somehow that scared people off from having an over abundance of children. No one knows where they came from or why, but it alone saved the planet from the kind of certain doom that we face in our own world, in real life. People mostly calmed down, and everything has been evolving since then. That being said, is it moral to know exactly when you and everyone around you will die? It won't save you from genetic problems, and if you end up being sick, or having dementia, you're still forced to live with those problems until you pass away.

This story follows two sisters, Elisa and Ashlei, and also a man named Claude, as they deep dive into why exactly there are expiration dates, and if there isn't something disfunctional going on behind them. After babies start being born with very short dates, I'm talking less than a week of being born, it really kicks into overdrive to really find out what's going on. And what the three uncover is despicable, and like nothing they could have ever imagined.

I had a good time reading this book. I thought the plot was very original, and even though the viewpoints of the characters bounced around quite a bit, I didn't have any problems keeping up. I really enjoyed that we got to see a dystopia in the making, because I think that's something we rarely get to read about in books like these. If the characters didn't uncover what was going on, what would have happened to the world? I think it would have turned into one of those dystopias where everyone lives under a dome and people are so heavily regulated that they're not able to really live. And I thought that was very unique and interesting. The characters were realistic, I had no problems believing that they were smart individuals that could exist outside of the book, and even though it's not my new favourite, I did enjoy reading it. If you're into scifi in a world like ours, I think you'll really enjoy it too.

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I had great expectations with this book and was looking forward to it, but unfortunately I couldn't finish it.

I found it rather predictable and if I'm honest, rather boring, sorry.

Thank you Netgalley and Publisher for ARC though

DNF at ~35-40%

I decided for me there's no point finishing this book. It had an OK premise, which if executed well, could have actually been good. I didn't have any major problems with it yet, other than me having exactly zero interest in the plot and the characters, and also that for me it read like a soap-opera, rather than a book taken seriously.

All in all, if you're really into medical soap-operas and want a very fast read, maybe go for it, in any other case, hell no.

Interesting premise and some great twists but this became predictable, even though this was kind of a more original plot. The plot was stagnant and did not go anywhere in throughout most of the book. Glad this was a free book. Cannot say I recommend it, but maybe others in the medical field would enjoy this as a thriller. I did not think this was thrilling.

Thanks to Netgalley, Mardine Perrins and Kat Biggie Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Available: 1/26/21