![]() Un día sos un padre tratando mucho de hacer funcionar las cosas, y lo próximo que pasa, recibís el gran libro de muerte y te convertis involuntariamente en un tomador de almas. Įs suficientemente difícil ser padre, que también tenés que ser la Muerte encarnada. Charlie Asher is one funny goofy character, and I could certainly identify with his beta male personality :p. ![]() Not really suited for the easily offended. A noticeable abundance of dark humor and nasty jokes. ![]() Felt like a mixture of the 'Dead like me' tv series with the absurd 'Hitchhikers' humor, but without the sci-fi. ![]() Not his close ones, not Sophie, and certainly not him.Īn entertaining humorous novel, not great, but fairly enjoyable. The deadly dark powers of the Underworld are rising, and soon, no citizen in the city will be safe. The big book clearly warns it: Don't screw it up! But when people accidentally start dropping dead all around him, Charlie knows things are going to go south fast. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. Charlie Asher is a highly insecure owner of a modest second hand shop, has a little baby girl named Sophie, and now, he is a reluctant part time grim reaper. One day you are a parent trying hard to make things work, the next thing you know, you receive the big book of the dead and unwillingly become a taker of souls. ![]() It's hard enough to be a parent that you also have to be Death incarnate. ![]()
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