Jeff's review of The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead
The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead by David Shields
I feel sorry for this book's fact checker: virtually every sentence in it was a simple statement of medical/biological/physiological/anatomical fact. Many of the non-fact sentences were quotes attributed to specific individuals...more fact checking! Many of them were interesting or eye-opening or surprising but repeatedly i found myself thinking, "This is a compendium of quotes and facts semi-well-arranged into chapters."
It didn't deliver on the blurb and marketing promises. I thought there'd be more about his father and a more personal philosophy about life & death.
It's an easy read, though, so a mild thumbs up.
It didn't deliver on the blurb and marketing promises. I thought there'd be more about his father and a more personal philosophy about life & death.
It's an easy read, though, so a mild thumbs up.
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