Thingamy Take 2 - TheMadHouse's Book

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Well, I gulped this down in a very short period of time... it's been off and on my TBR list several times as every time I picked it up I didn't think I would be able to stomach it. So it was useful to be forced to read it

I have a deeply ingrained prejudice against bestsellers so really didn't want to like this, but I thought it was very, very good: completely engrossing, and very sensitively done. I did think the heaven bits were a bit blah, and the scene near the end with Susie's not-boyfriend was unnecessary and rather marred the rest of the book. But I thought it did what it set out to do really, really well. Oh, and it made me blub in places too....

I read this book 7 years ago after my father died and I really liked it (like is not the right word).

I truly think it is either a love or hate book and people can be so vocal about it, so though this was a way of getting people to read it

I read this too a couple of years ago and wasn't too keen as the writing left a bit to be desired. Interesting book though.