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booksasmeals's review
5.0
Reminiscent of a modern Hellbound Heart and the comedic way of viewing death in Beetlejuice, this book overwhelmed me with its sharp beauty. A modern age where we take on the challenge of priming someone's body to pass into the next realm not unlike the way we can now birth our babies in our own beds.
"Darkness grows from the open door of the bedroom at the end of the hall, as though the very veil between my world and David’s new one has blown this side of the border. It beckons, wants to swallow me, pull me over. I want to let it." -- I love this line.
"I can hear his lips pull away from his teeth as he smiles." -- This part was especially creepy, though I don't want to give away any spoilers as to the context.
There are so many other great lines that I can't post for fear of spoilers, but I could not stop reading this novelette once I began!
To be clear, I am now reading anything Michelle von Eschen puts out.
"Darkness grows from the open door of the bedroom at the end of the hall, as though the very veil between my world and David’s new one has blown this side of the border. It beckons, wants to swallow me, pull me over. I want to let it." -- I love this line.
"I can hear his lips pull away from his teeth as he smiles." -- This part was especially creepy, though I don't want to give away any spoilers as to the context.
There are so many other great lines that I can't post for fear of spoilers, but I could not stop reading this novelette once I began!
To be clear, I am now reading anything Michelle von Eschen puts out.
rachel_jozie's review against another edition
4.0
*I’m not going to give you the ‘what this book is about’ blurb – you can read that elsewhere.
Wow... just, wow. I went into this one blind and it wasn't at all what I expected - it was better! Super thought-provoking and emotional, also, oddly comforting for anyone who has experienced loss. This also had one of my favorite supporting characters ever.
Wow... just, wow. I went into this one blind and it wasn't at all what I expected - it was better! Super thought-provoking and emotional, also, oddly comforting for anyone who has experienced loss. This also had one of my favorite supporting characters ever.
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