INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
""A story of love and hope as interweaving characters display: how all moments, big and small, can measure a life. If you want joy, love, romance, and hope—read with us."" —Jenna Bush Hager
A luminous, spirit-lifting blockbuster that asks: would you choose to find out the length of your life?
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.
Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is an ambitious, invigorating story about family, friendship, hope, and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.
© 2022 HarperAudio (Audiolibro ): 9780063204249
Fecha de lanzamiento
Audiolibro : 28 de junio de 2022
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
""A story of love and hope as interweaving characters display: how all moments, big and small, can measure a life. If you want joy, love, romance, and hope—read with us."" —Jenna Bush Hager
A luminous, spirit-lifting blockbuster that asks: would you choose to find out the length of your life?
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.
Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is an ambitious, invigorating story about family, friendship, hope, and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.
© 2022 HarperAudio (Audiolibro ): 9780063204249
Fecha de lanzamiento
Audiolibro : 28 de junio de 2022
Entra en un mundo infinito de historias
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Cristina
5 jul 2022
Esta distopía, a parte de transmitir el mensaje de vivir la vida y exprimirla, invita a la reflexión sobre cómo tratamos la vida, cómo vivimos como si fuéramos inmortales.
Mercè
3 oct 2022
Un día a todo el mundo le llega una cajita con un hilo dentro que mide cómo de larga será su vida.La historia se centra en 8 personas y en como la sociedad reacciona a estos hilos y todas sus implicaciones.¿Qué harías si supieras cuánto tiempo te queda? ¿Cómo tratarías al resto de personas? ¿Cómo te trataría la sociedad?Pese a ser una distopía / ciencia ficción se lee como un libro de narrativa de lo más realista. Todas las reacciones me han parecido muy fundamentadas y plausibles. Y cada personaje aportaba su granito de arena para reflexionar sobre la vida y nuestra actitud frente a ella.También me ha gustado mucho la diversidad que encontramos en estas historias así como los paralelismos que hay entre la gente con hilo corto y la situación que pueden vivir mujeres, gente del colectivo LGTB, colectivos raciales u otros con situaciones similares.La verdad es que lo recomiendo muchísimo. Quizás al final se ha alargado un pelín y hay algunos personajes que gustan más que otros.
Juliana
2 nov 2023
La premisa es muy interesante, pero creo que me ha fallado la ejecución. Pretende ser una trama profundo pero cae en lo ridículo. 3.5 ⭐
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