Review: If you want a heartwarming take on the afterlife, this'll satisfy.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2013
There's some surreal twists, and the exotic settings are well built. It's got some flaws, though, in the technical aspects of the writing. It could use an edit, as tenses pretty regularly change mid-sentence (Especially where has/have/had is concerned), and there's some other sometimes jarring issues in the written tone. Aside from the occasional spot of too-strong exposition, the story itself is pretty evocative and strong. It's very setting-focused, rather than story-focused, and the afterlife portrayals are very vivid. At times, the real-world portions of the narrative felt disjointed, and the conflicts presented are definitely more subtle, as the story focuses the most on the settings, on Peter, and his surviving family members' alienation and lack of connection to their own respective situations. I'd love to see the dialogue smoothed out, and characterizations deepend, as well as some of the minor grammatical errors fixed.If you are interested in heartwarming and surreal takes on religion, the afterlife, then you'll love it for the story.