Sum is one of those books that you pick up every now and then but you can't put it down when you do. Sum is a compilation of 40 short stories that highlight the main theme of death. This style of writing about a theme (compilation of short stories surrounding a general theme) is my favorite style of writing. I like things that are short, to the point. and make you think like quotes or poems even. For this reason it was hard for me to put down the book the first night because at the end of each short story I wanted more of it.
Its hard to summarize a bunch of short stories. So i guess what i can do is simply state that all the stories revolve around some form of afterlife. Some put the deceased in a waiting room waiting for their name on earth to be last spoken so that their "time" on earth is both physically and mentally dead. Once this is achieved the dead can go to a heaven of sorts. Another idea stated that you would have to relive every experience except in a row with out a break.. So you showered for a grand total of 2 months 18 days on earth, so now in purgatory you must shower for a consecutive 2 months 18 days, sit a stop light for 7 days straight, think about what you could be doing better with your time for 9 days. Read a book for a year straight and so on and so forth. Another a fantastic journey of bravery and courage through the heavens, down the yellow brick road, just to find at the end that God isn't real hes just a projected face controlled by an old man. .
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