Love Letters to the Dead

I honestly expected a bit more. That sounds awful, but I really did. I found some parts of the book unrealistic, and often found myself wondering how the heck Laurel and her friends were freshmen.

I was also annoyed about how many of the letters started out with Laurel giving that person a biography. You don't write a letter and start out by describing their life story. For example...

Dear Dad,You were born in Frankfort, Kentucky and that's pretty cool. You had a rough childhood and your parents were divorced... Sorry ‘bout that. Um, you're pretty cool and married mom on December 7th, 1992... So yeah. OH, but I'm also really mad at you for a couple reasons. And my life sucks. But I still love you... ILYYours,Hailey

No, it was not that extreme, but that was the basic format for many of the letters, in all honesty. And you get the point about the oddness of the biographies... It's just something you don't do in a letter.

At times I had to re-read some sentences because they literally made no sense. Sometimes it felt the book was written in the POV (and writing style) of an elementary-age girl instead of a highschool one.

With all that said, the characters were quite touching and their relationships were endearing. The novel was gripping and kept me wondering what was going to happen next. And, of course, the whole mystery surrounding May's death was pretty cool as well.

Love Letters to the Dead was a decent book, but was not exceptional.