Alize Alexandra Alexandra itibaren 842 92 Älvros, Sweden
this is an engaging albeit somber read. and quite sad if it offers even the slightest truth. part mystery, love story and expose. i remember telling my sister about it while she was living in nairobi. at the time, she said it was banned in kenya. when you read, you'll understand why.
This is the type of book that Oprah usually parades around, but fortunately for Eoin Colfer she didn't find this one. It's an old story: wouldn't it be great if you were given an opportunity at the end of your life to correct past mistakes? Thanks to some irresponsible decisions, a young girl finds herself in the tube to the afterlife...unsure where she's going to get routed. It turns out that her ledger is 100% even - she's sinned and sainted in equal numbers. So she ends up getting sent back to the land of the living - albeit in a vaporous form - to help one lonely old man make peace with his past and look forward contentedly to the future. Aaawww... Like all of Colfer's books, the writing is snappy, witty, and well-edited. The book is suitable for children, but the clever editorializations (often masked as one-liners) kept me thinking. By the time I'd finished reading it, I was almost ready to review my life and decide how to make amends for past mistakes. Almost.