Jared Stone is diagnosed with an non-operable brain tumor. What can he do to insure the livelihood of his family, wife and 2 daughters? Without any discussion with his family, he decides to sell his life on eBay. When his listing is taken down, as he had broken rules about what can be listed, he is approached by one of the bidders, a television executive. The other bidders are upset, as well as Jared's family, when a television crew show up to start a reality series about his last days alive. His daughter, Jackie, does not want the tv crew there and starts her own behind the scenes webseries. This webseries shows the exagerations that the show is making, and does not make the executive or his boss very happy.
When I read the blurb about this book, I thought that it would be more centered on Jackie, and what she does to deal with her father's diagnoses and death. Instead, I get a book that is hard to follow because of all the characters that come in and out of this book. The reality show doesn't even start around 100 pages in the book. It was very hard to read, or stay interested in reading, for this reason. I did, however, finish the book. I thought that the ending was forced, but I also know that cancer can have a person feeling fine one day and gone the next.
Thank you Bloomsbury Children's Books and NetGalley for the digital ARC of this book, which made this honest review possible.
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