Title: Takes Itself Way Too Seriously
Product review: This book is incredibly preachy and sees itself as the real authority on life after death. Even in the introduction Matheson asserts that the majority of the book is factual. It's more like Matheson developed some theories and "great lines of dialogue" that he forced into the mouths of his characters.The movie adaptation knew exactly what to pick up and what to leave out. The movie really is better.The book did have some captivating parts and a few interesting ideas, but it tried to tell the reader how the afterlife is rather than how it might be. Because who really knows? Not Richard Matheson, I don't care how much research he's done.
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