Review: Immortality Blues
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2013
The tittle says it all with this book. I will say that it is well written but to what purpose ? If it is to question immortality as being a questionable delight, then the author has portrayed it as a very dreary and melancholy reality, that no one would want to have. The hero, if you want to call him that, is constantly dashed in his pursuit of love right from his start in childhood, through every marriage, relationship, disappointed in the short comings of his friendships, just about everything in life, including his parents and his dismal beginnings in the town he grew up in. Therein lies the problem I had with this piece, as I waded through it, as it was just overwhelmingly depressing. As a reviewer I can't see most people sticking with this until the bitter end, unless they were a die hard fan of the author waiting and hoping for an eventual bright spot and happy ending. Well the happy ending is when the last period comes and ends the agony here I'm afraid to say. Anti war yes, anti love yes, anti marriage yes, anti immortality without a doubt. Three stars in my book due to the fact that it will make a good door stopper after getting a refreshing cup of tea.