If you are expecting a fast paced thriller then you will probably be disappointed.  There is a dead body at the very beginning of the book but it seems pretty insignificant at first.  Instead Don’t Tell Me How to Die starts out as a beautiful story about family, heartbreak, love and loss.  It is a coming of age story and you will cry but you will also laugh, especially at the interactions between Maggie and Lizzie.  And, then you will start to understand that you have been tricked into imagining things as you think they should be.  The way the story was told was brilliant and I loved every moment of it.