Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. 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. From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise? As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they’ll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge? The Measure charts 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.
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DNFed at 150 pages. The characters were one dimensional, all the stories were too similar to each other, there was too much politics and the author tries way too hard to make this book seem woke. It really felt like the movie “Don’t Look Up” but bad.
04.7 *** this book made me think so hard about life. About the quality of my life and what my life will look like once it’s over. I can only hope that I have a long string and that everyone else in my life does too. Ben and Amie were my favorite characters, I wish I had more time with them.
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