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A review by g_na
Down Among the Dead Men: A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician by Michelle Williams
3.0
On a whim, a 30 year old woman interviews for a job as a morgue technician and is offered the position. She takes it because it seems like the right sort of job for her, and ends up fascinated with the work. This covers some of the things she saw and dealt with during her first year on the job.
The book is rather interesting but I feel the author spends too much time going off on tangents. Yes, I understand that a writer might want to include a bit of their personal life to round out a book like this, but pages and pages talking about how many bars she went to is unnecessary, as is the better part of a chapter talking about the anxiety she felt leading up to a (voluntary) certification test. Admitting you're nervous is fine, but expounding upon how you had your mom accompany you to the big city for a test makes us lose faith in you as a mature adult.
The book is rather interesting but I feel the author spends too much time going off on tangents. Yes, I understand that a writer might want to include a bit of their personal life to round out a book like this, but pages and pages talking about how many bars she went to is unnecessary, as is the better part of a chapter talking about the anxiety she felt leading up to a (voluntary) certification test. Admitting you're nervous is fine, but expounding upon how you had your mom accompany you to the big city for a test makes us lose faith in you as a mature adult.