This book produced predictably divided opinions among Woodlands book clubbers. The notion of Death as narrator, and his view of human life, is quite extraordinary. It is very cleverly done, and not overdone.
What is notably missing from the book is any answer to the question of where Death takes the souls once he has taken them from their bodies. He just takes them. No idea of life after death; God is as much of a mystery to Death as to the most ignorant agnostic. And then somehow Death has a conversation with Liesel after her own death, looking back on her life! The author, for all his cleverness, has not really thought things through properly.
Apart from Liesel, Max and Rudy, people were much impressed by Hans Hubermann and, of course, the really surprising transformation of Rosa.
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