Ebook from the library.
5/5 stars
This was a beautiful book! Wallace is a lawyer and one of the partners at his firm. He likes things to run smoothly and he loves his suits. He is very organised and in reality not a very nice person. And then he finds himself at his own funeral following an out of the blue heart attack.
The funeral has very few attendees, his ex-wife and his three firm partners. And one other strange woman. Mei is a reaper, he's her first solo job and she's a little late, she's here to break the news to Wallace that he's dead and to take him to Hugo, the ferryman.
Wallace understandably struggles with the idea of being dead, and the idea of being stuck in his off-duty flip-flops. That the ferryman's base is a quirky tea shop does little to help, at least initially, but gradually with the help of fellow ghosts Nelson, and Apollo the dog, Wallace accepts his fate and allows Hugo to help him.
I loved this! It was so heartwarming and I loved the characters, everyone was really well-rounded and well-developed. There are difficult moments but they were handled sensitively. The representation was brilliant and again really well handled. The ending was beautiful and perfect and I loved it!
Stef Out x
