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Before My Eyes (2014)

by Caroline Bock(Favorite Author)

3.55 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1250045584 (ISBN13: 9781250045584)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

review 1: This is a very intriguing book. It is told through 3 points of view: Claire, Max and Brent. Claire is spending her summer before her senior year in high school taking care of her younger sister Izzy, because their Mom had a brain aneurism. Max and Brent are both working at the concession stand on the beach where Claire takes Izzy. However, Max and Brent could not be more different. Brent has a fixation with Claire and he is very strange; he has not showered in months and has a fascination with saving the earth. Max is the Congressman's son and is only working so it looks good on his college resume. You would not believe how these 3 lives intersect at the very end of the book.
review 2: I enjoyed LIE, so when I heard that Caroline Bock had a new book out,... more I wanted to read it. Told from 3, very distinct perspectives, Bock tells a story that takes place over Labor Day weekend, a moment in time that marks the end of summer and the beginning of school, senior year for Max and Claire, and everything else that this period of life means. But Barkley's actions may put any hope they had for the future in the trash. I enjoyed the story, particularly the way in which Bock structures the narrative with part of Sunday's events told T the beginning of the story and then rewinding the characters and reader to a few days earlier. I was thoroughly scared of Barkley several times, and liked the way the author marks the distinction between South and North Lakeshore, not only because of their sports rivalry, but also because it also distinguishes the have nots from the haves and the rules about who or whom one can spend their time. These rivalries mean that Max doesn't always behave in a positive way, but it ultimately works. Great allusions to various literature, including Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for Death," etc less

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