Book: Olivia Strauss Is Running Out of Time

 Book: Olivia Strauss is Running Out of Time

Author: Angela Brown

Pages: 325

This is my 46th read for the year

What Amazon Says:

Olivia Strauss is turning 39.  No major milestone.  She still considers herself young.  At least young enough to assume she has decasdes (emphasis on the plural) to check the unchecked boxes of her life's to-do list.  Ballerina?  Too late.  But not too late for poet.  Or for reigniting the romantic spark in her marriage, spending more quality time with her son, switching careers, learing to cook, or even dyeing her hair a bright bohemian pink. She'll get to that one.  There's time - until Olivia's best friend, Marian, gives her a birthday present she could have lived without.  It's a visit to a trendy wellness clinicl with a state-of-the-art genetic test that can predict the exact date of one's death.  It's just what Olivia's always wanted: an expiration date.  As for her aspirations, who knew they were limited-time offers?  One thing's for sure.  Olivia's got a lot of living to do.  At this point, what could go wrong?

This book wasn't that great.  I got it as a Prime First Reads - liking the idea of a clinic that could guess your time of death and seeing where it was going.  But what I got was a self absorbed main character that could not be more out of touch with the people around her.  Lots of me, me, me.  It is overly flowery, and it didn't flow well - very choppy.  I had a hard time keeping track of all the side characters.  I would pass on this one.

Stars: 2