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clairereeds's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
njakub's review against another edition
5.0
My thoughts were utterly provoked in this book. There was a familiar sense of peace and I learned a lot about spirituality in it. I also learned that my paranormal and energetic experiences aren't by accident. I knew this, but it was beautiful to have confirmed.
While reading this, it's also a sign in my person life regarding a loved one. It was the first of many to come and by the ending, my takeaways are probably without number in the best way possible.
Even if you're not a believer in things like this, the story itself is fascinating. It's beautiful and thought-provoking.
While reading this, it's also a sign in my person life regarding a loved one. It was the first of many to come and by the ending, my takeaways are probably without number in the best way possible.
Even if you're not a believer in things like this, the story itself is fascinating. It's beautiful and thought-provoking.
neurodivengeance's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this in spite of myself. Some bits were clunky and uncomfortable but the spirit of the thing feels true. It was interesting to read an analysis of addiction as part of a spiritual path.
ivana_s's review against another edition
1.0
While I find the subject very interesting, this particular elaboration of it makes me angry. I usually like reading and hearing different theories about the existance of afterlife and various interpretations of it, just to test or even expand my own beliefs and contemplate the possibilities. Most of all, I'm curious about other opinions, and not only on this subject, but so many more. That's why I read these kind of books from time to time.
A novel about Billy would be fine. Great, even. Novel, as in ''a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes''.
This... I am sorry for the author, but this was just not good. I do know the feeling of loosing a family member and I do understand that each one of us has a different way of dealing with all that enormous pain. Writing about it is a great idea, I think. It helps. On that part, it is easy to understand this mess of a book. Sadly, understanding where it came from doesn't make it any better.
I don't want to be mean, but I have a feeling that author just used her brother's death to send her own messages to the world. I will not even comment the profit. Because, while I do have an open mind, to me it is crystal clear that in this case the author actually spoke to herself all the time. Not hard to understand actually. What I find wrong about it, is her putting her own words into the mouth of a ghost and publishing them as the truth for all mankind. Again, novel about Billy would be a much better solution than this. Non fiction, really?
It feels like she wasn't confident enough to write a book on her own, so she used the sad circumstances as an excuse. With her brother talking to her, she had to write it. Even the Beings from the afterlife agreed on it. Hmmm... Convenient.
The ''proofs'' she gave us were no proofs at all. Some of his ''messages'' sounded as they came straight from the fortune cookies. And for an addict and troubled person with not much of an education, Billy was impressively eloquent while describing his experience. For the most part of it, his story was boring. And his Goddess and so many other details from his afterlife sounded like they came from Indian books and even astral projection experiences we can easily find on the Internet. None of it was convincing.
I am sorry for her loss, but I can't say it was good when it actully was anything but.
A novel about Billy would be fine. Great, even. Novel, as in ''a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes''.
This... I am sorry for the author, but this was just not good. I do know the feeling of loosing a family member and I do understand that each one of us has a different way of dealing with all that enormous pain. Writing about it is a great idea, I think. It helps. On that part, it is easy to understand this mess of a book. Sadly, understanding where it came from doesn't make it any better.
I don't want to be mean, but I have a feeling that author just used her brother's death to send her own messages to the world. I will not even comment the profit. Because, while I do have an open mind, to me it is crystal clear that in this case the author actually spoke to herself all the time. Not hard to understand actually. What I find wrong about it, is her putting her own words into the mouth of a ghost and publishing them as the truth for all mankind. Again, novel about Billy would be a much better solution than this. Non fiction, really?
It feels like she wasn't confident enough to write a book on her own, so she used the sad circumstances as an excuse. With her brother talking to her, she had to write it. Even the Beings from the afterlife agreed on it. Hmmm... Convenient.
The ''proofs'' she gave us were no proofs at all. Some of his ''messages'' sounded as they came straight from the fortune cookies. And for an addict and troubled person with not much of an education, Billy was impressively eloquent while describing his experience. For the most part of it, his story was boring. And his Goddess and so many other details from his afterlife sounded like they came from Indian books and even astral projection experiences we can easily find on the Internet. None of it was convincing.
I am sorry for her loss, but I can't say it was good when it actully was anything but.
maduke52's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book immensely. I was so happy to be able to relate to this journey of his until the last chapter or so...She starts to write of goddess and different Hindi beliefs. Although that could be possible for the afterlife (because we don't really know), I found it discouraging that she would line it up with her personal beliefs. Everything else in the book is believable and clicks with me, except that.
toxicreine's review against another edition
3.0
THE AFTERLIFE OF BILLY FINGERS by Annie Kagan was recommend to me by @karitribble and I’m grateful I read it at the end of the year, looking into the future of 2020, hoping to be more at ease in the ups and downs of humanness.
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