The Brief History of the Dead

"This was...different. Good concept. Understandable. <br/><br/>The ending is not my favorite though. I felt too many loose ends. I don't know that I would read it again although I did enjoy it. I felt it was missing something like more explanation in the ending maybe? Not positive but I wasn't happy with the ending. <br/><br/>In all, good book. With this one I had to keep an open mind while reading it."

"I loved the cover of this book.....I found myself looking at it over and over again.....just trying to grasp the whole concept of it....and being one who will read a book because the cover is appealing.....I happily dove into this one. It was very different from what I expected and there were parts I really liked and other parts were just a bit too confusing or bizarre to figure out. <br/><br/>The City was a great concept of simply being there because of being remembered by those who were still alive. It was a waiting station for the soul before it travels on to the next realm. I just expected more to come of those that knew Laura Byrd the best......that they would become more fleshed out and get to know each other better. There were a few times where I felt like the stories were a bit choppy......not quite complete....because we still had to learn about Laura and her situation.<br/><br/>The Antarctic expedition was tough and I admired Laura for her tenacity to keep on going despite the extremely difficult circumstances that surrounded her each day....while there were things that were answered about her situation...I felt there was still a vagueness to her story.....especially the last couple of chapters.......they were just a bit to strange to try to understand if she was dead or not.....if she was hallucinating or asleep and dreaming.....<br/><br/>The ending was a huge disappointment for the fact that it just ended.....and I was left thinking that I must have missed something because it just doesn't feel like it's over yet. I understood what was going to happen.....there was no other way for the story to go......but I think it could have ended a bit more fleshed out and not so abrupt. I liked this book okay but I didn't love it and I don't think I will spend much time thinking about it and that's kind of a bummer for I love when that happens.....a book finds it's way into your heart and mind and you take it with you everywhere.....this just wasn't one of those books for me."