detailsandtales 's review for:

The History of Soul 2065 by Barbara Krasnoff

4.0

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This mosaic novel is  mostly constructed from short stories that were published on their own. The author notes that some were modified to fit the overall story. One or two of the stories didn't fit as tightly as the others, but for the most part, this book had a flow from story to story as it explored the history of two families from generation to generation, including the trauma they experienced and passed down. There were definitely some overarching themes, especially related to death and how one lives ones life. The stories brought me to tears more than once. Krasnoff knows how to end a story with an emotional punch by picking just the right line, and she did it multiple times. This book isn't long, but it has a broad scope.