I really liked this. I'd put it on hold at my library, had quite a wait, and then started it, without really knowing anything about it (say recommendations, I'm not that picky). Sometimes when a book has enough buzz, I don't really even read the blurb (trying to avoid spoilers). Went with the audio edition ... Julia Whelan narrating (third person, 8 povs ... Nina, Ben, Maura, Amie, Hank, Anthony, Jack, Javier).

The premise was great ... everyone in the world (age 22+) receives a box, in it, is a piece of string; varying lengths. The length of the string coincides with the length of life for that individual (it takes a while for this to be revealed for sure, and it's still somewhat general, not down to a specific date/hour).

So many questions ... do you want to know? Will you open your box or not? Should that be a choice, or can it be made mandatory to look or not look? Would you get into a relationship, or stay in one, with a "short-stringer"? Should "short-stringers" be excluded from certain types of employment? From politics? Can the strings be changed? Be faked? Be traded?

It was such an intriguing story. Kept me hooked. There was some proFanity (can't remember it being excessive), I don't recall sexual content. One of the main couples was same-sex.