The Measure: The Instant New York Times Bestseller

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Inevitably, some people deal with their new knowledge honorably, while others go off the deep end. Discrimination rears it’s ugly head. Relationships change. How do you manage life’s risks if you know your string status? Suddenly, everyone on earth is faced with the same choice: Do they wish to know how long they’ll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge?

The Measure: A Read with Jenna Pick: Erlick, Nikki

What an incredible book! It’s truly original with an intriguing premise that’s beautifully executed. I loved the fact that it was written from so many points of view, each adding depth and perspective to the overall narrative which made it a rich and satisfying read. I found it gripping, poignant, and intensely thought-provoking.”

For some who received a short string, it was a chance to talk about, and contemplate death with their loved ones, a chance to say their goodbyes. Other ‘short stringers’ decided to just end it all, whilst some even chose not to open their box, quite happy to get on with their lives without that knowledge, to be free to be themselves. Knowing you’ll die sooner rather than later tends to make a person live life differently. do you want a creative book? thought-provoking book? character driven book? emotional book? beautiful book? good book for discussion? epic on audio? LOOK NO FURTHER! Today, every person around the world over the age of 22 awoke to find a box at their doorstep. Inside each box is a string. The length of that string represents your life span. ( no anxiety here!)

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Chaos ensues — Are the strings real? Where did they come from? The unknowns result in a divisive nature across many aspects of life — Will short-stringers be discriminated against in the workplace? In health care? How about in their dating lives?Imagine waking up one day in a world where everyone age 22 and up has received a small wooden box, that inside, holds a string measuring the length of their life.

The Measure: The Instant New York Times Bestseller The Measure: The Instant New York Times Bestseller

Just six inches wide, and three inches deep-each contained a string which revealed the MEASURE of your life. Your FATE disclosed by the length of your string. A story of love and hope as interweaving characters display: how all moments, big and small, can measure a life. If you want joy, love, romance, and hope—read with us." —Jenna Bush Hager But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live.Who among us knows how long we have? Would I open my box? No I would not. Shouldn’t we all make the most of every moment of this precious life, regardless of how many years we have? Perhaps we should all contemplate our own mortality and live every day as if our string was short. After receiving short strings, many characters try to imagine the way they might die. If these characters received a second box telling them how they would die, do you think they would open it? Next, if you do look, are you obligated to inform anyone, including loved ones? Let’s go further, what rights do the government have over your knowledge of your length of life. Can potential employers ask to see your sting to determine whether they want to hire you? Dating apps, need you provide your length of life information? Should you morally have children if you know you’ll be dead at age 40? A stranger recently told me that she didn’t want to waste any time feeling sad. She just wanted to live as much life as possible. And I think that’s as good a measure as any.” Of course, we know that not a one of us escapes death, quite a sobering thought indeed, but the when stays hidden, mostly in fear of what's to come. How these eight handle the knowledge of the end, is the gist of the story told with compassion and empathy. There is a plethora of emotions, feeling, and reality, that one can't help being drawn into the story as we too, may not have a box with a string but in reality, we do.

The Measure: A Read with Jenna Pick: Erlick, Nikki The Measure: A Read with Jenna Pick: Erlick, Nikki

also—i cannot recommend the audiobook enough! it’s narrated by the majorly talented Julia Whelan and per usual she did an amazing job. top 5 audiobooks of all time for me without a question! This is a multi-character driven exploration of human emotion. It does move at a slower pace after around the halfway point as all the storylines unfold and these characters grapple with their new realities. That would be my biggest complaint: too many POVs. […] As a result, the characters are mostly one dimensional and the reader never gets truly invested in them. I made an emotional connection with what they were facing and their situations, but not with them, which is a huge miss.” But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small box, holding the answer to the number of years you will live. My only minor criticisms are that it got a bit ‘long winded’ in spots and I had a hard time relating to Amy. Her views and the choices she made just didn’t fit together.The Measurecharts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose decisions and fates interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn’t have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything. This is an interesting, thought-provoking story that really makes you wonder if you'd want to find out how long you had to live if presented with the opportunity. While I wanted to know what would happen to the characters I came to feel invested in, I didn't feel that emotional impact that I really hoped for and expected. There was a moment where I thought it was coming, but it evaded me. Do you think the strings were intended to be used to make such precise measurements? If you received a string, would you rather know exactly what it means or have a vague idea of what it means? As society comes together and pulls apart, The Measurecharts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose paths interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn’t have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that changes everything.