At the beginning of the summer I heard a radio interview with the author of this book. I was intrigued by the concept that the world as we know it is God's first draft and is being assessed to see what would be changed in the next draft. So I bought it for summer reading.
Frankly, I was disappointed. While the book is a novel it does not have a really clear narrative structure. It often seemed more like a stream of consciousness exploration of some intriguing philosophical questions than a narrative. I prefer a novel to be a narrative piece.
That being said, the philosophical questions raised about the nature of life and the nature of grieving and the nature of relationships were certainly intriguing. IT was worth reading for that piece, it just wasn't what I was expecting or the sort of book I was looking for at the time.
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