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A review by laurenash
Death Becomes Them: Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant, the Famous, and the Notorious by Alix Strauss
3.0
"When we see someone who we think has everything going for them, and they kill themselves, it confuses us. It throws our values into question."
2.5 stars. Some reviewers have noted that Death Becomes Them is like a glorified collection of Wikipedia pages about each person. To that I say, "So what?" But, like others have mentioned, there are some really problematic things about this book. With any book, ESPECIALLY a non-fiction, proper editing and fact checking is half the battle. It just seems so careless to overlook that and publish it as is. And when someone notices the inaccuracies, it'll immediately make them distrustful of future information, which happens to be the case here.
So, why the 3 stars, then? Its format is nice and easy to follow and once I actually sat down to read this book, I blew through it. Death Becomes Them, even with all of its misinformation and flippancy, was still a quick/interesting read.
2.5 stars. Some reviewers have noted that Death Becomes Them is like a glorified collection of Wikipedia pages about each person. To that I say, "So what?" But, like others have mentioned, there are some really problematic things about this book. With any book, ESPECIALLY a non-fiction, proper editing and fact checking is half the battle. It just seems so careless to overlook that and publish it as is. And when someone notices the inaccuracies, it'll immediately make them distrustful of future information, which happens to be the case here.
So, why the 3 stars, then? Its format is nice and easy to follow and once I actually sat down to read this book, I blew through it. Death Becomes Them, even with all of its misinformation and flippancy, was still a quick/interesting read.