Void raven kennedy6/20/2023 When I was done reading The Land of the Beautiful Dead, I was so enraptured by the way Smith approaches themes of death, dying, immortality, undying, and most importantly the good death. An immortal lead, zombies, characters put into situations where they have to sell their bodies for safety, bitter hopelessness in a miserable world. This book has all the story elements I usually avoid. The hours passed, the scenery passed, but I didn’t realize how much had changed (in the book and about myself) until I finished it and put the book down. The writing of Smith is elegant, the story unfolds in a way that reminded me of floating down the river. I’ll admit, when I went into it, I fully thought I’d DNF it after 25% percent. Coming in at a whopping 733 pages, this book is intimidating to start. Lee SmithĬontent warnings: Violence, so much violence, zombies, abuse, suicide, parental death, child death, torture, and mentions of sexual assault (there are probably more but I can’t recall off hand go in assuming more content warnings)
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