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A review by happycat14
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
5.0
I cannot put into words exactly how much I loved this book.
It's bit slow paced, but that makes the melancholy atmosphere more intense. I love the concept, the characters, the settings... it is so different from anything I have read all year and stands out beautifully.
Normally I don't enjoy books with many perspectives as it tends to muddle the story. Brockmeier has managed to actually make each character impactful, even when you only read their perspective for one chapter and I find their individual musings on death fascinating as they live out their days in the afterlife. And Laura! She's great. Certainly not the whiny angsty teenager that I was expecting. Honestly, we need more strong female leads older than 25.
This is not a book to rush through, if anyone likes that type of thing. It is a book that makes you think and reminds us all how precious human life is.
And because of that, I am happy to give it five stars.
It's bit slow paced, but that makes the melancholy atmosphere more intense. I love the concept, the characters, the settings... it is so different from anything I have read all year and stands out beautifully.
Normally I don't enjoy books with many perspectives as it tends to muddle the story. Brockmeier has managed to actually make each character impactful, even when you only read their perspective for one chapter and I find their individual musings on death fascinating as they live out their days in the afterlife. And Laura! She's great. Certainly not the whiny angsty teenager that I was expecting. Honestly, we need more strong female leads older than 25.
This is not a book to rush through, if anyone likes that type of thing. It is a book that makes you think and reminds us all how precious human life is.
And because of that, I am happy to give it five stars.