Megan Bostic

While I quite enjoyed this story following Austin's final journey, I felt his actions were unbelieveable for a seventeen-year-old boy. Over the course of a weekend, he tried to fix broken fences with people he had known over his lifetime. However, it was impossible to believe that Austin could do this with just one conversation because, oh boy, did they have major issues - rape, abuse, alcoholism, divorce, infidelity, etc., etc. I think the author tried to cram too much in and, as such, the book lacked depth and emotion. However, I did shed tears at the end.

I loved the strong bond Austin had with his best friend, Kaylee. In fact, even though I liked Austin Kaylee was by far my favourite character. She was so strong and supportive of Austin, regardless of often being left in the dark. It was obvious she trusted Austin and would do anything for him.

At times, "Never Eighteen" reminded of Nicholas Sparks' "A Walk to Remember" although, in my opinion, not as good. However, this book will still appeal to those who love tear jerkers.… (meer)

What I Liked
It is hard for me to say what I liked about this book. It deals with real life hard emotional problems and situations. This isn't my typical read, but I read Megan Bostic's other book Never Eighteen (another not typical read) and I really enjoyed it. Megan is one of those authors that I will read anything she writes because I know that regardless how opposite it is of my usual reads I'm still going to get sucked into her characters issues and life.
I did like Syd as a character, we get to see her rock bottom low and her eventual understanding of herself and her problems.

Didn't Like
For me there was no personal connection with the character since I've never emotionally been this low nor do I drink and I've never touched drugs, but that still didn't stop me from cruising through the book.

Recommendation
A good read for those who like troubled, emotional reads.… (meer)

I just finished reading this book about 30 minuets ago so it is still fresh in my mind but I also haven't had much time to analyze it. With that said I am going to say that I enjoyed it, or I enjoyed it as much as one can enjoy a book that makes them cry.

The book is about seventeen year old Austin, a boy who is dying. The reader doesn't know what he is dying of until the very end of the book- in fact we don't really know what he looks like aside from his being tall and, because of his illness, very skinny. He asks his best friend, and the love of his life, Kaylee to drive him around for two days as he tries to make a change in people's live while he still can.

At first I felt like the book was going to fast- within the first few chapters Austin speaks to three different people and he just seems nosy- so I thought that the short length of the book (the story part of the book is about 200 pages- I read it in a couple of hours) wouldn't work. However, as I read I was able to relate more to the characters and I could understand why everything seemed to be going by so fast- Austin doesn't have much time and he wants to know that the people he is leaving behind won't lead wasted lives. He also has a personal list of things he wants to do.


I liked this book, it more then a book about a boy who is dying. It is about life, friendship, family, and love.… (meer)