Reviews

Qualcosa per cui vivere by Richard Roper

firedew's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

laurenlgray's review against another edition

funny relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

onepgatatime's review against another edition

4.0

This gave me major "The Nix" vibes. With that being said, this book is amazing. There is something truly beautiful about reading about a seemingly "mundane" life, and the beauty that emerges from our every day. Obviously there is so much more to this novel. This novel paints a life, not just in one moment, but the covers the idea of a person from beginning to end. This is often something we forget about. We are our past, present, and future. Not matter how much we try to pretend that certain things don't exist. HTNDA is also a reminder that despite these thing, we have control, and we NEED to take control. I highly recommend this story.

bhunsberger's review against another edition

4.0

This book has a good amount of witty/dark humor, and i found it entertaining. The main character wove a large lie in his life and he's face with having to either unravel the lies, or keep up the charade. Entertaining but also touching.

greenikat89's review against another edition

1.0

Started off funny but it had a lot of casual fatphobia for not reason, additionally the main character is a giant man baby who wallows in self-pity and his only motivation for changing is external based off an incredibly understanding and perfect female character who

Spoiler

eventually becomes the love interest.

cheesehead_reader's review against another edition

3.0

Hmmm... I liked the overall idea of the story. Andrew has a job that I had not heard of before. He goes in when someone dies alone (sometimes not found for months) and has to determine if there is any money or family that will help the state pay for the funeral/burial costs. Andrew is rather sweet with his job because he remembers those he has worked for and attends the funerals (usually the only person there). But Andrew is hiding something in his real life and lying about it. Where will all this lead?

As I said I really liked the overall idea for this story but there were just a few things in the execution that kept me from becoming totally engrossed in it. I felt that the segways between chapters were sometimes disjointed and I had to go back to read the last few paragraphs/pages to see if I had missed something. And I felt that Andrew's lie went on a bit too long and once out the story was wrapped up rather quickly. But overall I liked it and would definitely look for more by this author.

tinkabel_89's review against another edition

2.0

I couldn't connect with the main character in this book.. I read 2/3 of this book and I felt as though nothing really happened.

bookishlifeofabbyh's review against another edition

3.0

It took me a while to really get into this book but about halfway through, I was hooked. Odd story but a good one.

michellekmartin's review against another edition

2.0

How Not to Die Alone is a story about grief, loss, and loneliness. I read this one over a matter of a few days and overall enjoyed it but did find it to be a bit predictable. The story follows Andrew, a forty-something single man, who works for the government going to deceased people's houses and searching for a next of kin. He is lonely and the people whose houses he searches are lonely and overall there was a lot of loneliness in this book! Luckily, a new coworker comes into his life and things start to turn around for him.

While I did find this one predictable, the characters were extremely likable and there was a bit of a twist towards the end that surprised me.

maggielane12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75