The Postmortal

A+ Idea
D- Execution

The premise of this book is really compelling. The first third of the book is really compelling. Evaluating the political, personal, environmental, and religious consequences of curing aging is a really solid idea. Unfortunately, the book quickly devolves into tragedy porn. I read each chapter with this reaction: “Oh, look, someone else dies/something bad happens/the world is gonna end. Great.” So... not super exciting when all the book is ends up being bad stuff happening to one person over and over again (“Hope: A Tragedy” this ain't).

I won't get too far into it... but there's also the problem of the main love interest being there only to be snuffed out to give the main character A Purpose. That's tired. I'm tired.

Not a great book.