A review by lolocole
You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife by

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

 A note for every story so I can remember the impressions they left on my brain:

• magical realism science
• best friend ghost nerd
• sister drama egyptian mythology family drama, earth drama
• bog people!! non fiction poetry
• cancer self-hallucination, no answers, actual tears, devastating
• victorian mourning culture, humor, societal critique, sexism
• death in space, face of death as a self-projection, next great adventure vibe
• philipino celebration of all souls day, celebration of family, hope in death
• space, exodus from earth, islam, attempted suicide, second-chance love, divine soul
• mom and daughter, deer, God deer?
• energy cannot be created or destroyed- imagining end variables (reincarnation, stars, into the earth?)
• future, ai-version of loved one to help put to rest, tears again
• mother-daughter, cancer, plants, circle of life, tears
• the soul feeds those that come to mourn at the grave, ritual of visiting place as a practice of mourning, humor at the end, stages of grief
• lesbian love, goodbye to loved one, in-between life and death
• sad mom, child died, finds bucket list, completes bucket list, Lauryn cries in a public place again
• Welcome to reincarnation, life and death as game of chance, kind of like “soul” movie
• choice about what kind of afterlife- choosing the void, peace in nothing after
• family spreading ashes, absurdity + grief, humor + sorrow
• prince haunted by deceased friend, wager, lesson in kindness
• spirit of lesbian in a crow, paralyzed by stasis of grief
• dementia, Japanese culture, funeral traditions
• sci-fi, documenting decline, confusing
• tattoos, bodies as living memories of ancestors
• Additional Notes: “death positivity movement”

danse macabre, John of Kastav