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This book was ok, a bit anticlimatic for me. It was quirky and cute. I felt like more could’ve happened. It was a lot like reading an episode of Seinfeld, the characters don’t change much, but they amuse you along the way.
Great story! I’m glad I recently heard about this book and was able to get an early arc from Netgalley.
Definitely one of my top books for this year, highly recommend! Don’t want to say too much and spoil the story.
Definitely one of my top books for this year, highly recommend! Don’t want to say too much and spoil the story.
a lonely man is trapped by a not-so-little lie + poignant, charming, uplifting
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“They were only feet away from Andrew now, and suddenly he was overcome with a desperate desire to stop and bottle the moment. To see Peggy rushing toward him like that, for him to be needed, to be an active participant in someone else’s life, to think that maybe he was more than just a lump of carbon being slowly ushered toward an unvarnished coffin; the feeling was one of pure, almost painful happiness, like a desp ...more
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“They were only feet away from Andrew now, and suddenly he was overcome with a desperate desire to stop and bottle the moment. To see Peggy rushing toward him like that, for him to be needed, to be an active participant in someone else’s life, to think that maybe he was more than just a lump of carbon being slowly ushered toward an unvarnished coffin; the feeling was one of pure, almost painful happiness, like a desp ...more
I actually was worried that I wouldn't like this book since I kept seeing people say that they were not fans everywhere. I decided to wait until the end of June to read this one but I wish I had picked it up sooner. Once Peggy was introduced into the story I couldn't get myself to put it down to do anything else, not even my favorite tv show was going to take me from this book.
Something about the way this was written seemed beautiful to me. I loved how each chapter transitioned into the next an ...more
Something about the way this was written seemed beautiful to me. I loved how each chapter transitioned into the next an ...more
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This book really surprised me. It details part of the life of a man named Andrew, who has a sad and sometimes gross job, and winds up in a situation in which he pretends to have a family. He does not want to die alone. He does not know how to avoid this either, and as you can imagine, inventing a family causes some complications as he forms relationships with actual people. I really enjoyed this and was delighted by the authors writing as well. The descriptions were so clever and this story abou
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What starts out as a miscommunication takes a life of it’s own for Andrew and it was a good story that I enjoyed in “How Not To Die Alone”. Maybe because so much of the story deals with death so matter-of-factly the bits celebrating life are more poignant. This book made me think about how valuable relationships are.
I find the premise of the book to be just about as boring as the main character was. It’s a pretty typical happy ending love story.
Apr 30, 2019
Alyssa Hunter
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Rachel Friday
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Bill
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Jun 18, 2019
Jenn Simmons
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