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A review by redhickory
The Household Guide To Dying by Debra Adelaide
2.0
I can understand why people would relate to this book but it never really engaged me.
The movement between her present and her past was annoying, as I felt it slowed the story down, I didn’t feel as if I needed to spend as much time unraveling her past, when the first few glimpses into it, told me what was coming – I found it irritating.
I also found many of the events unrealistic and wasn’t wrapped up in the story enough to overlook these points.
There were a few nice moments – the decoration of the coffin (especially Archie’s contribution) and Mr. Lambert’s roses.
I think the tone of the book contributed to me not being drawn in by it too - the emotions were not really felt but masked as if by gauze or something – all restrained (which I have related to in other books but not here) and civilized and somehow lacking, easy for the reader to stand apart from.
I didn’t like the “everything tied with a neat bow” resolution of everything either – death isn’t like that, even when people have warning its coming.
The movement between her present and her past was annoying, as I felt it slowed the story down, I didn’t feel as if I needed to spend as much time unraveling her past, when the first few glimpses into it, told me what was coming – I found it irritating.
I also found many of the events unrealistic and wasn’t wrapped up in the story enough to overlook these points.
There were a few nice moments – the decoration of the coffin (especially Archie’s contribution) and Mr. Lambert’s roses.
I think the tone of the book contributed to me not being drawn in by it too - the emotions were not really felt but masked as if by gauze or something – all restrained (which I have related to in other books but not here) and civilized and somehow lacking, easy for the reader to stand apart from.
I didn’t like the “everything tied with a neat bow” resolution of everything either – death isn’t like that, even when people have warning its coming.