By Eoin Colfer
Meg Finn has just died, and she has a big problem: neither heaven nor hell will take her on. You see, Meg is an in-betweener. In the point system of the afterlife, she is dead even (no pun intended) in good deeds and bad deeds. So she gets to go back to help the person she wronged in life to fulfill his deepest needs and hopefully earn her place in heaven. The problem is that Satan really wants her down there with him. Will Meg be able to turn her after-life around in time to save her soul?
This was interesting. It was a little depressing, and sometimes I had an uncomfortable feeling and then would think the word ‘blasphemer’. While reading this book I just had to take it as a joke because taking it seriously would’ve been depressing. It’s all about what happens after you die. You go to the good place or the bad place or are stuck in limbo until they decide what to do with you. Pretty cut and dry. On a whole, I didn’t much care for this novel, though I adore Eoin’s other books. This was a little too weird for me, as I believe quite differently on the subject of life after death. Others may find it funny and enjoy it. But I don’t recommend it.
Meg Finn has just died, and she has a big problem: neither heaven nor hell will take her on. You see, Meg is an in-betweener. In the point system of the afterlife, she is dead even (no pun intended) in good deeds and bad deeds. So she gets to go back to help the person she wronged in life to fulfill his deepest needs and hopefully earn her place in heaven. The problem is that Satan really wants her down there with him. Will Meg be able to turn her after-life around in time to save her soul?
This was interesting. It was a little depressing, and sometimes I had an uncomfortable feeling and then would think the word ‘blasphemer’. While reading this book I just had to take it as a joke because taking it seriously would’ve been depressing. It’s all about what happens after you die. You go to the good place or the bad place or are stuck in limbo until they decide what to do with you. Pretty cut and dry. On a whole, I didn’t much care for this novel, though I adore Eoin’s other books. This was a little too weird for me, as I believe quite differently on the subject of life after death. Others may find it funny and enjoy it. But I don’t recommend it.
Fun Fact: Eoin Colfer also has written the Artemis Fowl series, The Supernaturalists, Airman, Half Moon Investigations, Benny and Omar, and Benny and Babe.
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