I picked this book up, intrigued by the brief description of
having been clinically dead for a bit and then brought back to life. Afterwards
he started to experience memories that were buried and put them down into this
book. So I think this book can be seen as a cross between autobiography and a
philosophical story.
Lazarus is at the gym, doing his normal workout routine,
when afterwards his heart stops. Once he is brought back to life, this near
death experience has a profoundly deep impact on how he views his daily life. Throw
into that the fact that he is now able to seemingly at random recall the
vaguest memories about anything and everything; he is left questioning his life
and the purpose of existence. Throughout his life, we follow him through ups
and downs, embarrassing moments and triumphant victories, and all of this made
this book that much more real to me. I love it when a biography does not
concentrate on the good, or on the bad, lie is a mix of both, but it is up to
us to shape how we react to outside influences around us. Poems were not my cup
of tea, was surprised to see them at the end, but then I’m not a fan of poetry
anyways.
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