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Things I'd Rather Do Than Die
Things I'd Rather Do Than Die
Things I'd Rather Do Than Die
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Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

Written by Christine Hurley Deriso

Narrated by Jeanette Illidge and James Dillon

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Jade Fulton and Ethan Garrett are opposites in every sense of the word. Ethan is an all-American poster boy—a star athlete dating the most popular girl in school and a devout Christian. Jade keeps mostly to herself. She abhors joining “things,” hates everyone at their high school except her best friend, Gia, and considers herself agnostic.

When Ethan and Jade find themselves locked in an aerobics room overnight, their confinement forces them to push past the labels they’ve given each other. Jock. Loner. Jesus freak. Skeptic. Golden boy. Intellectual. Amid hours of arguing, philosophizing, and silly game playing, Ethan and Jade learn there's a lot more to the other person than meets the eye.

After that night, life returns to normal and each goes back to their regular lives. Still, neither one can shake the unexpected bond they formed and they can’t help but question what they’ve been taught to believe, who they want to be, and where their hearts truly lie.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherScribd Audio
Release dateNov 2, 2021
ISBN9781094429380
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Christine Hurley Deriso

Christine Hurley Deriso is an award-winning young adult author who loves putting interesting characters in characterdefining situations. Her novels include All the Wrong Chords, Then I Met My Sister, Thirty Sunsets, and Tragedy Girl. Visit her at chderiso.com.

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  • 5/5
    This was a wonderful suggestion from Scribd, the narration is beautiful and despite the dialogue are way too emotionally mature for two teenagers, is such a touching story.
    I highly recommend it.
  • 4/5
    This would have so been much better without 4-letter words.
  • 5/5
    WELL DONE! I've got to listen / read her other novels. Excellent narration and enjoyable, light hearted, good clean fun. Very Refreshing!
  • 4/5
    Story is worth reading. Teen romantic drama with big life questions. Christians may wonder where the gospel is in the story. The Christian in this story is mostly trying to be a good person and be an example for everyone else, but he is a mostly likable person. Conversion is mentioned, but not Christ’s righteousness exchange that is available for all nor the Power of the Holy Spirit to love people as God loves them. The point of being Christian seems to be completely misunderstood by the author, but it is still an enjoyable story. The author has a lot of potential, but needs a real understanding of Christianity to write Christian fiction really well.

    1 person found this helpful

  • 4/5
    cute lil Christian high school romance. Brianna was not a likeable character
  • 3/5
    I received this eARC from North Star Editions on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of this book in any way.

    Dnf'd at 31%

    I would first like to say that the religious aspects of this book were not in anyway a flaw and anyone who believes otherwise needs to seriously reexamine themselves because they're hypocrites. A lot of the religious stuff was a little preachy sometimes but that was obviously intentional on the author's part.

    This book was not, however, particularly good by any means. Honestly, everything after the two leads finally get rescued from the gym was extremely boring and I lost interest quickly. The book did what it was trying to do well enough but it's just not the kind of story (namely, a contemporary romance) that I enjoy by any means.

    1 person found this helpful