In addition, the needy and inconsiderate way she treated Adam, her boyfriend, was rather annoying. She also was rather rude to her family, especially her younger brother, without even considering the hell that they must've been going through. For instance, she burnt all her belongings in rage, leaving her father with nothing to remember her by once she's gone. There were points where I felt that Tessa was being a little selfish. I was thankful that the list wasn't printed in the first chapter, but was slowly revealed to the reader as the story went on, and as Tessa got sicker.
I believe that it was this journey that Tessa went on, that was the most impressive, realising what is most important in life, and what is not. She replaces "go travelling" with "parents get back together"). Her list of things to do before she dies starts off rather shallowly with Sex, with anyone (with a random, stoned boy she meets in a bar), but progressively became more mature, and more meaningful (e.g.
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