I was really looking forward to reading this book. The concept sounded interesting and I also thought it might be funny as well. Overall, I was disappointed. I think the characters could have been better developed and more relatable. I do think there are important issues that the book was trying to address, such as aging and grief and how that is handled at different ages. I feel the book failed at really working through everything that was there. It also bothered me that dialogue was shown in italics instead of quotation marks. For some reason, it made it difficult to follow. That combined with the three different narrators and then the passages with reflections by the narrators of times past, made it seem choppy to me. The ending also felt abrupt and unfinished. On the positive side, it was a quick read and certain passages were humorous. The book did make me spend some time thinking about how different people handle grief and aging.
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