A review by notorious_mjt
How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper

4.0

I received this book as a recommendation after I really enjoyed "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine". The stories are kind of similar, Andrew is a man who works as part of a council service that provide paupers funerals for people who have died alone and have no one to pay for the services. He lives in a state of near-isolation barely talking to anyone, including his co-workers and his estranged sister. The only people he seems to have any regular interaction with are members of a model train enthusiast forum. When a new person starts at his job, Andrew begins to open up about the tragic events of his past.
It might have been the mindset I was in while I was reading this book but I had to stop several times because I was about to ugly cry. The story itself takes a little while to get going but soon you're kind of engrossed in Andrew's story.