Grief has caused his life to stall out before it has started. The book’s by-line is “It’s never to late to start living.” It’s wise advice and the story of Andrew’s life. Most of the deceased have a falling out with an important person in their lives and neither party makes the effort to restore the relationship and then end of them passes away and is gone forever. The saddest part of the story serves as a warning to readers about unforgiveness and not working towards reconciliation with loved ones when disagreements arise. His grieving is overlaid on his position with the state of searching for a will and next of kin for the deceased who were alone and forgotten. The protagonist loses everyone closest to him and the story follows his grieving process of ups and downs. The themes of the book mostly revolve around grief and recovery. I raced through the remaining two-thirds of the novel in a day. After reading the first ten chapters of so over a few days, I found that I couldn’t put the book down. There was several moments where the story completely surprises you. His use of stream of consciousness to weave in the past in with the present was masterful. I finished Richard Roper’s debut novel, “How Not to Die Alone.” It was a smart book with some interesting twists. He was just stupidly happy that she was there now at his side knowing everything there was to know about him.
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