The 39
Deaths of Adam Strand
Gregory Galloway
978-0-525-42565-6
Feb 2013
*This is an
ARC copy via Library Thing giveaway* 5 Stars!
Adam Strand
is not depressed, mentally ill, or even suicidal despite what rational thought
may suggest. He is just indifferent to
life so he kills himself repeatedly only to wake up and try again. He’s not trying to purposely hurt those
around him, but he also doesn’t care how they feel. He doesn’t care until someone, a girl, turns
his own self absorbed world upside down.
For first
half of the book I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. Obviously the subject matter is sensitive and
Mr. Galloway finds a unique approach to take it on, which is greatly
appreciated, but I liked the fact that there was some laugh out loud
moments. I am a big fan of irony and
black humor so that helped me continue to turn the pages even when the pacing
was a bit slow in places. Ultimately I
am giving this one five stars is because if I gave it four then in a couple of
days, after thinking about it more, I would come back and change it to five
stars. It’s one of those books that I
will think about a lot in the next week, and then in three months I will hear
or see something that will make me think about it all over again, and so on.
I do
recommend this book. Everyone will have
different experience with it leading to many different opinions that will turn
in conversations on a subject that needs to be discussed instead of ignored.
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