Questions About When

by Victoria Laurie (Goodreads Author)

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If you like this, try Rachel Ward's book NUMBERS, with sequels INFINITY and THE CHAOS. It's got the same premise: "Ever since the day her mother died, Jem has known about the numbers. Numbers that pop into her head when she looks into someone's eyes. They're dates, the numbers. Dates predicting with brute accuracy each person's death. . . ."

Victoria Here's the part where I will admit to never having heard of Rachel Ward's books prior to writing When, Suzanne. (I must've been sleeping under a prett…moreHere's the part where I will admit to never having heard of Rachel Ward's books prior to writing When, Suzanne. (I must've been sleeping under a pretty big rock!) :) The first I'd heard about her Numbers' series was, in fact, here, after this page for When was created and another reader had posted similar concerns. Still, the series sounds awesome, and the topic of death dates seems to be more widely popular than just her books and mine - Denton Little's Death Date comes out in 2015, and that also looks to be an amazing book. :)(less)

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Why does this remind me of Death Note? The whole death dates floating above heads... -_-

E.S. I legitimately used this when I was talking about this book to a teen at the library. I knew he liked Death Note and I was like "Basically, the main c…moreI legitimately used this when I was talking about this book to a teen at the library. I knew he liked Death Note and I was like "Basically, the main character has Shinigami eyes." (less)

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What point of view is this book written in??