You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone - Opinion and Review

Sometimes, I have no idea what I feel like reading. When that happens, I usually blast my Taylor Swift music and sit in front of my bookshelf for up to an hour picking out books, reading the backs, looking at the covers, the lengths of the chapters, and choosing whether or not I'm in the mood to read this book at this time. You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon only took about 2 minutes to decide on. I love the cover, read the back, and flipped through for a moment. I didn't even make it through a full TSwift song. This was the book I HAD to read next.

Tovah and Adina, twins, are seniors in high school. One aspires to be a surgeon and go to Johns Hopkins University, and one is a viola player, destined to become one of the best soloists of her generation. Their mother though, has Huntington's Disease, and as their 18th birthday grows closer, they are dreading results of their tests to see if they have the gene that is slowly killing their mother. Once the results are in, only one twin possesses the gene, but both of their lives are turned upside down following the tests. The story was beautiful, and the bond between Tovah and Adina is broken and put together so many times. I laughed and at times, cried.

My favorite part of this book was that it was FINALLY a book about Jewish girls and their family that wasn't taking place during WW2 (despite how much I love that form of Historical Fiction). It was so refreshing to read about a family in modern times who still valued their Jewish upbringing, and incorporated it into their every day life. I've already recommended this book to most of my friends and family.

I am very much interested in reading more books by Rachel Lynn Solomon, as You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone got a very well deserved 5 out of 5 stars.

Dates read: February 28, 2021 - March 6, 2021