This is one book I wish I had more motivation to write a full review for, especially since the main character is a cancer patient and I am married to a cancer researcher. Lyrical and well-written, this is the story of journalist Daniel Plotnick, who receives a cancer diagnosis and resolves to do the opposite of what he normally would. This leads him to unwittingly jump off a bridge, marry a woman he has only recently met, and try to move to Mexico for his career. Though I enjoyed the story, I found his revelation to do the opposite of everything to be somewhat lost within the prose. Daniel also practically disappears during the second half, where much of the focus is on his newly pregnant wife, who is more focused on her pregnancy ailments than her cancer-stricken husband. This was a well-written story, but not terribly thought-provoking, and evoked little emotion from me.

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Read on Kindle. I think this is a book worth reading, but I don't remember it very well.