--- product_id: 1183726 title: "Before I Fall" price: "60.79 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1183726-before-i-fall store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Before I Fall **Price:** 60.79 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Before I Fall - **How much does it cost?** 60.79 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1183726-before-i-fall) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Like Adam Silvera's They Both Die at the End and Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us , Before I Fall raises thought-provoking questions about love, death, and how one person's life can affect so many others. With this stunning debut novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver emerged as one of today's foremost authors of young adult fiction. For popular high school senior Samantha Kingston, February 12—"Cupid Day"—should be one big party, a day of valentines and roses and the privileges that come with being at the top of the social pyramid. And it is…until she dies in a terrible accident that night. However, she still wakes up the next morning. In fact, Sam lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she ever imagined. Before I Fall is now a major motion picture Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, and Kian Lawley. Named to numerous state reading lists, the novel was also recognized as a Best Book of the Year by desertcart, Barnes & Noble, The Daily Beast, NPR, and Publishers Weekly . Review: A MUST Read for any teenage girl... - I don’t know where to start with this review. This is a book I wish I would have read in high school. I feel like every girl needs this book. The popular ones, the nice ones, the mean ones, the losers… EVERY girl. The plot is a mixture of Mean Girls and Groundhog Day. Sam lives the last day of her life as her popular self, dies, and then wakes up to find the same day repeating itself. She’s a teenager and she’s blissfully unaware that things matter – people, feelings, events, connections, etc. As the synopsis says, she untangles the mystery surrounding her death and discovers the true value of everything. At first, I wondered what could really happen in this book and I thought it would be predictable and unoriginal and one of those obvious books that teaches you a lesson. I felt like maybe it would be one of those books where I knew too much and it would just be mediocre. I was so wrong. The most amazing thing about this book is how it made me feel. I couldn’t necessarily relate to the characters (but I did in many ways) and most of them fit a typical teen movie stereotype, but it was getting to know each of the characters on Sam’s repetitive journey that made the difference. It made me look at myself and wonder how I was to other people in high school and remember how they were to me. Everything just really hit me like a ton of bricks reading this book. I loved that it portrayed what it’s like to be in high school and what kind of things matter and what being cool really is and realizing how lame it all is in retrospect. It was able to show how small things turn into big things and vice versa and why people do the things they do. The way the author weaved this story is also truly amazing. I loved the way she wrote and how she managed to convey so many things at once. She was able to give the story from Sam’s point of view (a teenager with a complete disregard for others) while also not making it excruciating for the reader. I didn’t feel like I was watching a stupid girl finally wake up and look around, but in some ways, I was. Sam was a complex person, like we all are. The way she described certain things floored me. I can’t praise the writing enough. “As I head up from the gym it strikes me how strange people are. You can see them every day—you can think you know them—and then you find out you hardly know them at all. I feel exhilarated, kind of like I’m being spun around a whirlpool, circling closer and closer around the same people and the same events but seeing things from different angles.” “Then again, I guess Izzy doesn’t care. That’s another thing that strikes me as funny: that my eight-year-old sister is braver than I am. She’s probably braver than most of the people at Thomas Jefferson. I wonder if that will ever change, if it will get beaten out of her.” “Maybe I am like her, deep down. Maybe we all are: just one lunch period away from eating alone in the bathroom.” I loved this book. But I also hated it because it made me feel terrible. It doesn’t shy away or fail to point out all the screwed up traits in people and it’s embarrassing to be able to relate to even one of these moments. It also doesn’t fail to capture the amazing moments and the great things about people, too. I almost dropped my review to 4 stars because of the way it ended, but I couldn’t take away a star. The book made me feel very strong emotions and made me ask myself tons of thought provoking questions and even though it wasn’t the most comfortable read, it really deserves the 5 star rating for that. In the end, the book is one of those books that say something real about humanity. There’s a lesson and it’s heart wrenching, but it’s also gritty and jaw dropping. I definitely recommend it to others. It’s a book all girls should read, especially teenagers. I think it sparks some self reflection. Review: An absolutely beautiful debut novel - I bought this book based on the strength of Lauren Oliver's follow up novel, Delirium, knowing that people really love this book. Personally, I both loved and hated it. Loved the beauty of it, the story that it took me through. Hated that these people are so common place, we all know them, and thinking about how unfair it all is. The first thing that struck me very early in the book is just how horrible Sam and her friends are. They are just the epitome of that popular high school girl, the Plastics, if you will. Anyone who didn't know these girls in school was one of them. Because even if you weren't directly targeted by that group, their behavior inevitably affected you. Sam gets to relive the last day of her life seven different times, a chance to do things differently and maybe change the world for the better. It has a very Groundhog Day feel, so much that Sam herself says it - and like you feel when watching Groundhog Day, you keep hoping that eventually, things will turn out right. Everything will be okay. You never really know when the last day of your life will be, how things will turn out. You feel the same for Sam. This book deals with some very heavy themes, some of which were rather hard for me to read through, given my personal history with them. It's written for a young adult audience, but this is the kind of book that I'd want to read along with my teen and talk to them about a variety of the things that happen in it. I feel like this book is pretty true to teen life these days, so it might open up the avenue of conversation for some parents. I cried through several parts of this book, it left me so open and raw, though admittedly it would have had more of an impact if the characters were more likeable. But that's part of the beauty of this one - each chapter is like peeling back the layers of an onion. You learn something new about people at every turn, and figure out that no one is as they really seem. Who knows, maybe it'll make you want to live your life a little better too. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #74,238 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #40 in Teen & Young Adult Time Travel Fiction #85 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Boys' & Men's Issues (Books) #88 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Death & Dying | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 8,031 Reviews | ## Images ![Before I Fall - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81wwy+eIwpL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A MUST Read for any teenage girl... *by M***N on February 22, 2014* I don’t know where to start with this review. This is a book I wish I would have read in high school. I feel like every girl needs this book. The popular ones, the nice ones, the mean ones, the losers… EVERY girl. The plot is a mixture of Mean Girls and Groundhog Day. Sam lives the last day of her life as her popular self, dies, and then wakes up to find the same day repeating itself. She’s a teenager and she’s blissfully unaware that things matter – people, feelings, events, connections, etc. As the synopsis says, she untangles the mystery surrounding her death and discovers the true value of everything. At first, I wondered what could really happen in this book and I thought it would be predictable and unoriginal and one of those obvious books that teaches you a lesson. I felt like maybe it would be one of those books where I knew too much and it would just be mediocre. I was so wrong. The most amazing thing about this book is how it made me feel. I couldn’t necessarily relate to the characters (but I did in many ways) and most of them fit a typical teen movie stereotype, but it was getting to know each of the characters on Sam’s repetitive journey that made the difference. It made me look at myself and wonder how I was to other people in high school and remember how they were to me. Everything just really hit me like a ton of bricks reading this book. I loved that it portrayed what it’s like to be in high school and what kind of things matter and what being cool really is and realizing how lame it all is in retrospect. It was able to show how small things turn into big things and vice versa and why people do the things they do. The way the author weaved this story is also truly amazing. I loved the way she wrote and how she managed to convey so many things at once. She was able to give the story from Sam’s point of view (a teenager with a complete disregard for others) while also not making it excruciating for the reader. I didn’t feel like I was watching a stupid girl finally wake up and look around, but in some ways, I was. Sam was a complex person, like we all are. The way she described certain things floored me. I can’t praise the writing enough. “As I head up from the gym it strikes me how strange people are. You can see them every day—you can think you know them—and then you find out you hardly know them at all. I feel exhilarated, kind of like I’m being spun around a whirlpool, circling closer and closer around the same people and the same events but seeing things from different angles.” “Then again, I guess Izzy doesn’t care. That’s another thing that strikes me as funny: that my eight-year-old sister is braver than I am. She’s probably braver than most of the people at Thomas Jefferson. I wonder if that will ever change, if it will get beaten out of her.” “Maybe I am like her, deep down. Maybe we all are: just one lunch period away from eating alone in the bathroom.” I loved this book. But I also hated it because it made me feel terrible. It doesn’t shy away or fail to point out all the screwed up traits in people and it’s embarrassing to be able to relate to even one of these moments. It also doesn’t fail to capture the amazing moments and the great things about people, too. I almost dropped my review to 4 stars because of the way it ended, but I couldn’t take away a star. The book made me feel very strong emotions and made me ask myself tons of thought provoking questions and even though it wasn’t the most comfortable read, it really deserves the 5 star rating for that. In the end, the book is one of those books that say something real about humanity. There’s a lesson and it’s heart wrenching, but it’s also gritty and jaw dropping. I definitely recommend it to others. It’s a book all girls should read, especially teenagers. I think it sparks some self reflection. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An absolutely beautiful debut novel *by C***! on October 31, 2011* I bought this book based on the strength of Lauren Oliver's follow up novel, Delirium, knowing that people really love this book. Personally, I both loved and hated it. Loved the beauty of it, the story that it took me through. Hated that these people are so common place, we all know them, and thinking about how unfair it all is. The first thing that struck me very early in the book is just how horrible Sam and her friends are. They are just the epitome of that popular high school girl, the Plastics, if you will. Anyone who didn't know these girls in school was one of them. Because even if you weren't directly targeted by that group, their behavior inevitably affected you. Sam gets to relive the last day of her life seven different times, a chance to do things differently and maybe change the world for the better. It has a very Groundhog Day feel, so much that Sam herself says it - and like you feel when watching Groundhog Day, you keep hoping that eventually, things will turn out right. Everything will be okay. You never really know when the last day of your life will be, how things will turn out. You feel the same for Sam. This book deals with some very heavy themes, some of which were rather hard for me to read through, given my personal history with them. It's written for a young adult audience, but this is the kind of book that I'd want to read along with my teen and talk to them about a variety of the things that happen in it. I feel like this book is pretty true to teen life these days, so it might open up the avenue of conversation for some parents. I cried through several parts of this book, it left me so open and raw, though admittedly it would have had more of an impact if the characters were more likeable. But that's part of the beauty of this one - each chapter is like peeling back the layers of an onion. You learn something new about people at every turn, and figure out that no one is as they really seem. Who knows, maybe it'll make you want to live your life a little better too. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly engaging voice and characters *by A***N on May 21, 2011* This is one of the best YA books I've read in a long while. Part Groundhog Day, part The Source Code, part Judy Blume, part The Lovely Bones - all itself. We start with a high school girl, Sam, who dies in a car accident, and is doomed(?) to repeat the last day of her life again and again. Seven times to be exact. Sound like a recipe for repetition? It's not. First of all the writing is lovely. Really lovely. I've read perhaps 50+ first person girl narratives in the last year alone and this one had the best voice. It's fairly well tied with Mary E. Pearson in that regard for recent entries (Judy Blume still wins for lifetime achievement). It's funny clever without the annoying Snark. The voice is so good that it just drags you through the entire book, and it's a pretty long book for YA. Lauren Oliver really is a lovely writer. The dialogue is good, the narrative description and interior monologue are amazing, and even the flowery interstitial description that glues together connected days is short but evocative. The Lovely Bones also had great voice, and a tremendous first half, before it fell apart into an abysmal mess of moral apathy. Before I fall is better. There are some things worth noting. The characterization and the high school realism is top notch. I was reminded a bit of a modern Freaks and Geeks in that there was that kind of insightful tragio-comic realism. These girls felt pretty darn real. Even the minor characters had some depth. It's this more than anything else that echoed the master of all YA: Judy Blume. Blume uses dialogue more liberally, as it's her main method of characterization. Oliver prefers interior monologue and narrative description. The net result is similar. There's a lot of detail here too, but the voice manages to make it interesting. Sam and her friends are popular girls, and more than a little bitchy, but they don't extend into characterture. They are a little bad, but not too bad -- realistically so. This is no melodramatic Gossip Girl. There is plenty of drinking, rudeness, etc. The sexuality is muted. Handled well enough, but perhaps a bit tamer than it could have been. Now as to structure. Oliver does a really first notch job repeating the same day seven times without ever being dull. Sam makes different choices, and on some days this plays out very differently. One time she doesn't even go to school. Still, even when the same scenes are repeated, and they are, different angles are shown, revealing and painting from different directions. This is hard to do, and must have taken considerable planning and rewriting. I'm actually facing a bit of this myself in my second novel, which is a time travel book and involves overlap and revisiting. I'm going to stop for a second to pontificate on writing this kind of fiction. One of the things that makes this work in Before I Fall is the loose structure of the high school day. Sam's day includes: getting up, driving with her friends to school, various classes, lunch, ditching, hanging out after school, and the party. These events flow from one to the next because of the inherent structure. If she skips lunch, or English class, she can pick back up on the schedule, because it's immutable and set at a level greater than herself. This it has in common with Back to the Future I and II. There the structure of the dance forms a background on which Marty can play. In my own story, I have been trying to revisit a complex action scene multiple times. The whole scene -- even the first time -- folds out from the actions of the protagonist without any background structure, which makes altering that flow... complex. In any case, in Before I Fall there is a also a very strongly structured arc, like, Groundhog Day, the protagonist has to learn a series of lessons from the failures of the first and subsequent trials. Much like a video game level, she gets to play it over and over again until she gets it right. This is very satisfying to read. Too bad real life doesn't work like that. The seven day structure also helps avoid the dreaded "reveal" problem. There is no giant structural reveal, the premise is setup in the first couple pages, and so the book does not suffer from the first half being better than the second. It races right on to the end. But there is an end, and I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it. Given the options, Oliver chose a pretty good one, and it does leave one with a deep sense of catharsis. So it was probably the right choice. Still the looming shadow over the entire affair left me with a deep sense of sadness not unlike that caused by reading The Time Traveler's Wife (the excellent book, not the mediocre film). --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1183726-before-i-fall](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1183726-before-i-fall) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-09-06*