Melva S. (TropicAtHeart) reviewed on 6/24/2010 + 32 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This book received high praise, so perhaps my expectations were too high ... but it was not as good as I expected it to be. The book is beautifully written and has interesting ideas, but doesn't have characters or a plot engrossing enough to make it truly enjoyable. It's an interesting theory of the afterlife, but not a terribly interesting piece of fiction. I found myself depressed for most of the book and found myself skimming over the many detailed yet unnecessary descriptions of the characters past and present experiences. I think point of the book is that life should be cherished not in terms of what we accomplish, but in terms of what we experience. A good thought, but this was a REALLY roundabout way of coming to that conclusion.

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