A review by jham0330
The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death by Jill Lepore

2.0

The subject of this book intrigued me and it received several good views. However I must not have realized how the book was shaped, as a collection of essays. While each chapter of the book catalogs life from conception to death, it feels like the author merely found a topic that interested her that had a character or theme in the correct life genre, then added the phrase "Mansion of Happiness" to make it fit. It's just like reading a book of essays, some you will enjoy and some will be awful. This book was very hit or miss with me.