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A review by sashaknits
How the Dead Live by Will Self
4.0
This was a very novel and interesting take on what the afterlife might be like. It was also quite a biting commentary on family life! The prose was quite stylised in places, particularly with Lily's constant cultural references, which was occasionally a little distracting but mostly quite cool.
Unfortunately I felt the narrative started to lose its way towards the end, with Lily endlessly stalking her daughters and Natasha wandering around Australia. I felt more lost than her for a while!
The ending also felt like a let down as well, I wasn't sure what I was supposed to take from it. It seemed fairly certain that the reincarnated Lily, Delilah, was going to die there in the flat. So what was the point of her living all those years of her afterlife and getting reincarnated, just to die as a toddler?
That aside, I did really enjoy this. Just a shame I couldn't make it to the book club meeting for it. Typical!
Unfortunately I felt the narrative started to lose its way towards the end, with Lily endlessly stalking her daughters and Natasha wandering around Australia. I felt more lost than her for a while!
The ending also felt like a let down as well, I wasn't sure what I was supposed to take from it. It seemed fairly certain that the reincarnated Lily, Delilah, was going to die there in the flat. So what was the point of her living all those years of her afterlife and getting reincarnated, just to die as a toddler?
That aside, I did really enjoy this. Just a shame I couldn't make it to the book club meeting for it. Typical!