A review by the_sunken_library
Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden

4.0

I really loved this - I found listening to the audio book narrated by the author while I read the physical book truly enhanced this experience. This is not a traditional novel, it's poetry mixed with prose and therefor, in my opinion, needs to be performed for the audience to truly immerse themselves in it. And who better to perform this work than the author themselves, who can masterfully weave their intention into their intonation. I found Salena's voice to be soothing, comical, emotional, beautiful. I think without hearing her words from her mouth, I would have struggled with this book pondering and musing over death.

It doesn't get 5 stars because, while some lines will stick with me forever "my phone is full of dead people", I felt the ending fizzled away. And, I wasn't necessarily keen on the narrator's sanity and understanding of the situation (that they could converse and be a conduit for Death) being questioned.