A review by silodear
The Death Class: A True Story About Life by Erika Hayasaki

2.0

I wanted to like this book. I sure loved Norma Bowe and her death class, and I definitely felt deeply for the folks profiled throughout this narrative. But the author seems to deeply believe that people with mental health issues are either going to murder someone or kill themselves, and I just can't hang with that. It spoiled the book for me. I also struggled with how much the author sensationalized death. I was under the impression that this book set out to demystify and normalize death, as Norma's class does. But if that was the intent, this book failed. For me, at least.