Someone Else's Bucket List
by Amy Matthews
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Pub Date Jan 31 2024 | Archive Date Dec 08 2023
Simon & Schuster (Australia) | Simon & Schuster Australia
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Description
Jodie Boyd is a shy and anxious twenty-something, completely unsure of what to do with her life. Meanwhile, her older sister, Bree, is an adventurous, globe-trotting Instagram influencer with more than a million followers. Bree is the most alive person Jodie knows – until her unfathomable, untimely death from leukaemia. The Boyds are devastated, not to mention overwhelmed with medical debt. But Bree had a plan, and soon Jodie is shocked when a new post appears on her sister's Instagram feed.
The first of many posts Bree recorded in secret, it contains a jaw-dropping challenge for Jodie: complete Bree's bucket list. From ‘fly over Antarctica’ to ‘fall in love’, if Jodie pulls it off – and keeps all of Bree’s followers – a corporate sponsor will pay off the crushing medical debt. It’s crazy. It’s terrifying. It’s impossible to refuse. So, despite her trepidation, Jodie plunges in, never imagining that in death, her sister will teach her how to live.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781761425028 |
| PRICE | A$32.99 (AUD) |
| PAGES | 400 |
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Featured Reviews
Leanne D, Reviewer
The most heartbreaking story about life and love and never taking a single moment for granted. We never know when our time on this earth will be up so make sure your loved ones know what they mean to you. I have never cried so much while reading a book. Although it is fiction it's also could unbelievably be a true story for so many people out in the world. Cancer effects so many people life's and this book is about family.
shyanne s, Reviewer
This was such a good book I loved every second I was reading. The cover looks quite similar to Jojo Moyes' book someone else's shoes which drew me into wanting to read it. This book follows 2 sisters. Bree who is the eldest. Bree is an instagram influencer and she documents her losing battle to Leukemia. Jody, the youngest, goes out of her comfort zone and takes over her sisters instagram account and completes some of Bree's items on her bucket list. She's able to do it if Bree's sponsors pay up all of her medical debt. This story is about grief, family ties, love, and so much more. I would definitely recommend this book to all it is written so beautifully.
Claudia-Rose R, Reviewer
Have you ever read a book that just made you feel weird? "Someone Else's Bucket List" is a beautiful, heartwarming story about two sisters, Jodie and Bree, and I think the feeling of reading about this along with Bree's battle was a lot to take in.
The premise of this book is definitely interesting, to say the least - after Bree loses her battle to leukaemia, Jodie is tasked with finishing her sisters bucket list. It's a wonderful story of grief, loss, and love, and sure enough, it definitely tugged on my heart strings.
Many of the bucket list items were out of Jodie's comfort zone, but the love for family and honouring her sister, prevails above all. And her sister's bucket list was just the thing she needed to continue living again.
A lot of this book really forced you to feel, and two quotes in particular, have stuck with me:
1. "Jodie hadn't realised how painful love was. It stung. Like lemon juice poured on an open wound. But worse. It wasn't pink and pleasant; it was blooded and visceral. Fearful."
2. "You never really have someone, not forever. You just get them for a little while, if you're lucky. And you never know how long you have them for."
The only part of this book that had me extremely confused was the constant back and forth between "Claudia" and "Claude", as if the name was changed, but not properly edited? This could just be an issue with the copy sent to my Kindle, but I thought I would point it out.
Overall, this book was well written, and really made me feel the emotions portrayed.
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