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My Dead Friend Sarah by Peter Rosch
2.0

Warning: there is reference to suicide in here and not just a little bit.
I was reading it and I know some people that it would have really triggered. It comes out of no where all at once so just be aware.

I could not finish this book.
The writing was okay but the characters didn't seem very believable, Max is a recovering alcoholic, his story seems more in depth then Sarah's did even though the author switches between the two point of views.
Max's experiences are believable up until he first starts following Sarah and then as he makes excuses for what he's doing he becomes less believable.
Sarah more so because she doesn't seem to really exist outside of Max or her therapist.
I stopped reading this because I came across a few things that just didn't fit with everything else we'd learned and seemed to be pasted in there for giggles.

The plot was interesting enough but I couldn't get into the characters at all and I need that in order to really get into a book.