A review by bookishbrighton
The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig

3.0

It took me a little while to get into this book, but once I got about 25% in I couldn’t put it down and read the rest in one sitting.

Once I was invested in Philip and The Dead Fathers Club, I was absolutely desperate to find out what happened; how the story played out.

Where I struggled with this book was the fact it was written from the POV of an 11 year old boy. I get why this was done, and I do think it was necessary to give us this perspective - to remind us of Philip’s naivety and innocence - but I personally found the ‘little boy’ thoughts and language frustrating. The story itself made the it worth preserving though.

I felt like there were a lot of unanswered questions too, but I think maybe that’s the point? In grief there is hardly ever full closure. 

I am confident that the issues I had with the book are definitely me problems because I had similar with The Midnight Library, which I thought was brilliant. I love Matt Haig’s concepts, but the way he executes them just aren’t my style.