I support euthanasia being available to those who want it, and I voted in favour of the End of Choice Act last October. As someone now facing the latter stage of life, the topic of this book attracted me, but I was disappointed.
The central couple make a pact that they will commit suicide together when they’ve both turned 80, but it doesn’t work out the way they’d planned. The author gives twelve different scenarios for what might happen, but I started to find them tedious. After three days of sporadic reading I’d got only half way through and decided not to bother with the rest. I’ve been disappointed by this author’s books before, and it seems she’s not able to repeat the success of “We Need to Talk about Kevin”. Have you tried this latest novel?
The question of to stay or go
to me seemed infinitely slow
I read The Post Birthday World on someone’s recommendation I thought it was rubbish. The recommender thought it was wonderful.. She was newly separated which could have had something to do with why she liked it so much. Not sure
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I guess Shriver’s books appeal to different people at different times
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