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A review by tonjeh
I Woke Up Dead at the Mall by Judy Sheehan
2.75
Sarah was an absolute pain in the ass throughout this entire book. Although she knew what she had to do she always seemed to do the exact opposite. It took her forever to make a decision all the way up to the final page of the book.
These are just some of the things I found annoying:
"Oh I know: I have to communicate with my father through singing!" *Sings four words and then proceeds to scream and shout about evil stepmother and how her father needs to get out before it's too late failing to gain his attention (obviously.)*
"You have to return to the elevator when I call your names or you'll be stuck on earth forever" *stands two feet away from the elevator not managing to step inside because she needs Nick with her all the time to function as a normal human being and –surprisingly enough – ends up getting stuck on earth with Nick*
"Please, I need you to say you love me before I leave" *stands there suddenly unable to speak although she clearly loves this stupid guy which honestly should've been pretty obvious even to Nick considering she's a mess whenever he's not around*
*Continuously breaking all the rules of the afterlife (which you'd think was somewhat important not to break considering you could be stuck in between life and death forever if you do) and somehow gets away with it every time and no one seems to be bothered by it and instead decides that she is worthy of becoming an angel*
Alice was definitely my favourite character, mostly because she seemed to be the only reasonable one in the book who was actually bothered by the consequences they might end up having.
Declan was a breath of fresh air and I had a fun time reading whenever he was around. When it was revealed that he was the one who 'technically' killed Sarah it felt like a lazy solution and the easiest way to explain things quickly in order to make room for more self doubting and annoying behaviour.
Nonetheless, this was a great story with somewhat good characters so it wasn't a completely wasted read.
These are just some of the things I found annoying:
"Oh I know: I have to communicate with my father through singing!" *Sings four words and then proceeds to scream and shout about evil stepmother and how her father needs to get out before it's too late failing to gain his attention (obviously.)*
"You have to return to the elevator when I call your names or you'll be stuck on earth forever" *stands two feet away from the elevator not managing to step inside because she needs Nick with her all the time to function as a normal human being and –surprisingly enough – ends up getting stuck on earth with Nick*
"Please, I need you to say you love me before I leave" *stands there suddenly unable to speak although she clearly loves this stupid guy which honestly should've been pretty obvious even to Nick considering she's a mess whenever he's not around*
*Continuously breaking all the rules of the afterlife (which you'd think was somewhat important not to break considering you could be stuck in between life and death forever if you do) and somehow gets away with it every time and no one seems to be bothered by it and instead decides that she is worthy of becoming an angel*
Alice was definitely my favourite character, mostly because she seemed to be the only reasonable one in the book who was actually bothered by the consequences they might end up having.
Declan was a breath of fresh air and I had a fun time reading whenever he was around. When it was revealed that he was the one who 'technically' killed Sarah it felt like a lazy solution and the easiest way to explain things quickly in order to make room for more self doubting and annoying behaviour.
Nonetheless, this was a great story with somewhat good characters so it wasn't a completely wasted read.