Jim Parsons plays Michael and I didn’t have a problem with his acting but I did think he was too old for the part. Had I watched it first though, I think I would have liked it so much more because I wouldn’t be comparing it to anything! I loved the book so much, that when I watched the movie, it just didn’t pack as much of a punch as the book had. This is a movie I wish I would have watched first before the book. I went back and forth between reading the book and listening to the audiobook which Ausiello narrates and I highly recommend listening to it.

This was a five-star read for me (quite a way to start 2023!) and I would highly recommend it. There were so many times I chuckled while reading this, but also so many times that I got choked up. It is funny, witty, heartfelt, sad, sweet, gut wrenching, and enduring. I loved how we jumped back and forth in time and the book as a whole is just so well written. I absolutely loved this memoir! Ausiello doesn’t tell the story chronologically but goes back and forth between the 11 months that Kit had cancer, and their dating years. As you can see by the title, Kit dies in the end of the book and movie. This is the true story of Michael and Kit’s 14-year relationship the last 11 months of which Kit was battling cancer. Spoiler Alert directed by Michael Showalter (2022)

Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies by Michael Ausiello (2017)

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