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DNF

That's it, I give up on this book...For the excitement and awesomeness I was expecting from a book about life after death, this is unbelievably boring. Everything is written so clinically, so devoid of enthusiasm. The author is merely reporting events and there is little attempt to fascinate the reader.

Not to mention the depressing characters. The main character, Michael, is so passive and spiritless, I found it hard to keep reading the story through his eyes. You want to root for characters, not want to kill them. Unless the book wants you to hate its characters and I don't think this was the case.

But mainly, the biggest problem is this book's theme. It's obviously trying to take a philosophical stance on death, life and god; it hits us with passages from different religion's holy books; Michael repeatedly wonders about the ethics of intruding in the realm of the dead etc. And yet, all this talk about death felt so bland and uninspired. It was so tedious, really. So much death and not one sentiment was triggered in my body.


To be fair, I really don't think I am part of this book's target audience. So, I don't think it's a bad book, it's just not for me. I like inspiring books and this wasn't.