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Mrs Death Misses Death
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but until now hadnt met Death in person a black, working-class woman who shape-shifts and does her work unseen. Enthralled by her stories, Wolf becomes Mrs Deaths scribe, and begins to write her memoirs. Using their desk as a vessel and conduit, Wolf travels across time and place with Mrs Death to witness deaths of past and present and discuss what the future holds for humanity. As the two reflect on the losses they have experienced or, in the case of Mrs Death, facilitated their friendship grows into a surprising affirmation of hope, resilience and love. All the while, despite her world-weariness, Death must continue to hold humans fates in her hands, appearing in our lives when we least expect her . . .
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arlenefinnigan
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Mehso-so

This is an odd book, and I really wanted to like it more than I did, but the experimental, stream of consciousness style, and the tough subject matter made it a difficult read. Still, we shouldn't shy away from talking and reading about injustice and violence and death, and Wolf and Mrs Death are strangely likeable characters. This is really well written, I just didn't quite get it.

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arlenefinnigan
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
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Library hold's come in

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Tamra
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
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Bowling, arcade, & swimming for 14 year old girls‘ party, while I get to do this! 💜💙 Last year I flew through Black Butterflies which was short listed for the Women‘s Prize, so I feel like I should continue the tradition and try Brotherless Night on my Kindle. (Not my favorite format.)

EmilyM I just finished Brotherless Night and it was very good! 6mo
Tamra @EmilyM I‘m going to open it now! 👏🏾 6mo
Aimeesue I recently read Lolly and enjoyed it. I do like Warner a lot. 6mo
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LeahBergen Busy day!! 6mo
Tamra @Aimeesue I‘ve been meaning to read it for quite awhile. 😄 6mo
Tamra @LeahBergen it‘s not over, since it‘s an overnight party. 😅 (edited) 6mo
LeahBergen Oh, lordy. 🤣 6mo
batsy Lolly is one of my favourites, but it seems to be hit or miss for many. Hope you enjoy it! And I've been curious about Mrs Death. 6mo
Cathythoughts Overnight party !! 🥳 You‘re great ! I hope they actually go to sleep at some point 😁💕💕💕 6mo
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Magpiegem
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
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26/23 This book leaves me speechless. I don‘t know how to describe it. But you should read it. I will be unpacking and repacking this one for a while.

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Vansa
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs such a beautiful prompt!
♥️No,just a goal to read as many unique narratives as possible!
💜 I've read so many excellent books this year,I've met my goals
💙Breakfast at one of our favourite cafes,walk around in the twilight to see the Christmas lighting in my area and Christmas lunch at our favourite blues cafe on Sunday with family!!

Eggs Before my husband passed, we would also take a walk at dusk on Christmas Eve to view the lights and sights. Have a peaceful holiday ❤️❤️ 2y
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julesG
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
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Soubhiville That‘s a really fun title! 2y
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Vansa
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Emilymdxn
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
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Pickpick

This took me a fair while to get into. The style wavered between feeling gorgeous and overly pretentious, and I never quite made my mind up about which side it fell. Repetitive, which I appreciated as meditative sometimes and sometimes had to check my audio hadnt skipped backwards. I loved the characterisation of mrs death and the slippery world of the book, and I loved how politics slowly bubbles through.

#scarathlon2022 #teamaughter @Clwojick

Clwojick Oh! I‘ve heard such good things about this one, I‘m going to have to check it out. 2y
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RaeLovesToRead
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LeahBergen Fun! 👏👏 2y
BarbaraBB There they are! Good to see you all! 2y
Branwen Oh how fun! 💕📚 2y
RaeLovesToRead @Branwen You should visit! 😁💕 2y
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Robotswithpersonality
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
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Mehso-so

And now for something completely different...😐 A bit of narrative, a bit of stream of consciousness, some poetry. The recounting of real life deaths in the middle of a work of fiction weirded me out, but if you look at this work as one interested in voicing what the author thinks is important to focus on in life, then it provides context.
Touches on bigender, female power, racism, mental illness, trauma. A little too scattered for my taste.

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Robotswithpersonality
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Evocative engagement of the senses.
"...the SMELL of death, the stinking high note of lilies and stale egg sandwiches. The CLATTER of tea-making and words made out of sympathy with effort and difficulty."

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emmaturi
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Mehso-so

This ok, wasn't sure what to think about this one actually. Some of the stories Mrs Death narrated were interesting but on the whole a bit meh for me.

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emmaturi
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
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This will be my last read in July, not sure what to think about this book.

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Lucy_Anywhere
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
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Mehso-so

A dark, witty, lyrical and oddly life-affirming look at death, this charmed me at first but then lost me. Some people will love this, but I found that the story lost its way after 100 pages and dissolved into a lament about how shitty the modern world is. The author is a spoken word artist so possibly a story that‘s better on audio. Another book down for #AwesomeApril #readathon @Andrew65

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 3y
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julesG
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Something different for a change.

Mrs Death and the writer Wolf team up to write Mrs Death's story. It's a story about death. It's weird. It's life-affirming.

#AestheticallyMatched #ReadingChallenge @Clwojick

Clwojick This title has always intrigued me! Hope to get to it this year ☺️ 3y
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Curvybookgirl
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Pickpick

I only bought this yesterday and I devoured it. I am struggling to give you a brief synopsis as this book says so much, but if anything it‘s overwhelming message is to enjoy life to the full

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Bookbuyingaddict
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
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Yep 👍 we purchased a bag of books 📚 mollie made me do it 😂celebrating with an oak milk mocha ☕️ latte 😋mrs death 💀 misses death was one of them

SRWCF Oh, Molly! You have such a sweet face. ☺️ 3y
Bookbuyingaddict She‘s a princess 👑 😍 as you can imagine she‘s kissed a lot 😘😆😀 3y
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Mskt6891
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
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That's a wrap! #Bookspin and #DoubleSpin complete for January and working on some #BookspinBingos now

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Mskt6891
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
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Thanks @TheAromaofBooks for this month's #Bookspin and #DoubleSpin.
Mrs Death... is a library hold that's not due until next week so I may start with the Double Spin selection!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Good luck!!! 3y
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kyraleseberg
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This is a quirky book that knocks me out with so many random truths and then leaves me scratching my head with peculiarity that doesn't work for me at times.
I think I love it 🤷‍♀️

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Moray_Reads
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I really wasn't sure at first. It seemed disjointed, and drifting and a bit heavy-handed but in the end I absolutely loved it. Some of these passages are so powerful and the message so strong and full of love and anger that it took my breath away. And then there's that final chapter, that isn't really part of the story but it's also the whole point of it. Beautiful. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

mhillis Great review! I‘ve just started reading it 3y
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mhillis
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1. Current Reads: Catherine House, Your House Will Pay, Mrs Death Misses Death

2. Humans were built to travel, humans were made to move, to share and migrate, just like butterflies and birds. —Mrs Death Misses Death

3. Give a presentation at an online conference, then read and relax #WeekendReads

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Emma_oneill89
Mrs Death Misses Death | Salena Godden
Mehso-so

It was an interesting concept, but the style in which it was written pulled away from the plot significantly.