By: Liane Moriarty
“If free will doesn’t exist, if all your decisions and actions are inevitable, are you still required to apologize for them?”
Passengers get on a plane ready to take their flight for whatever reason. The flight gets delayed, but then it gets going. Some passengers are frustrated at the delay, but it is what it is. Then someone stands up and starts telling passengers their manner of death and age of death. Per this lady, who gets coined “The Death Lady,” some are going to die soon, and some are going to live long. The passengers don’t know how to take this information. Some take it with a grain of salt, and some freak out. As time goes on, some of the predictions come true. But does that mean all of them will?
Please don’t hate me, I didn’t care for this book. I really loved the concept of the book, but I thought the execution was poor. It’s nothing more than personal taste at this point. Moriarty is a talented writer, I’m not doubting that. But there is absolutely no reason that this book needed to be over 500 pages long. We could have gotten the same story with about 200 less pages. There were so much “extra words” in here that didn’t matter. Basically, there is so much backstory or description that didn’t push the plot forward. I just don’t like that. Moriarty also writes books that have SO many characters. I’m starting to think this author may just not be for me.
A lot of the characters were whiny. I skimmed a lot of the book. Cherry, “The Death Lady” really was kind of boring after a while. The whole book was really just 500 pages of how would we react if we knew when and how we would die. The ending was slightly redeeming, but just not enough for me to give it a better review. This book just wasn’t for me. A LOT of people love this book, so I’m the weirdo that is the outlier.
Publish Date: September 10, 2024
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