Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
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Book Summary Author: David Eagleman Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2009-02-10 ISBN: 0307377342 Number of pages: 107 Publisher: Pantheon |
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Book Reviews of the Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
Customer Review: A Huge Disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars
I learned about this book from an interview with the author on NPR. Although
this interview was brief--very little was revealed about the book or the author--I
somehow developed an unreasonable expectation that this book would be a special
one. Perhaps the fact that this book offers speculation of various possible afterlife
scenarios was what primarily excited my interest.
Anyway, reading the vignettes (there are 40 of them), were painfully boring--like
completing an especially tedious and dull task such as weeding a garden. I had to really
push myself to get through the first ten or so. Not a one had any literary or practical
value that I could discern.
Finally, I pitched the book as it seemed a complete waste of my time.