r/bookclub • u/IraelMrad Marius Hater #1 | 🐉|🥇|🧠💯 • 2d ago

 Death with Interruptions [Discussion 3/3] (Discovery Read) | Death with Interruptions by José Saramago | Ch 11 - End

Welcome to the last discussion of our Discovery Read! We have followed death and met humanity through her eyes, while being accompanied by some wonderful music by bach. How has this experience shaped her?

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As usual, there will be questions in the comments, but feel free to bring your own prompts!

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u/IraelMrad Marius Hater #1 | 🐉|🥇|🧠💯 2d ago
  1. What is your overall impression of the book? Did you like it? How much would you rate it? Who would you recommend it to?

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u/Maxvy66 1d ago

I was excited to read this one because I loved Saramago’s novel Cain when I read it in a university course… but Death with Interruptions wasn’t as good, I think. The first half was promising, but the ending was meh for me. I really preferred the reflections on a world without death and its implications over reading about death’s clichéd love story. I’d give it maybe a 2.5/5, I think.