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title: "Playlist for the Dead: A Gut-Wrenching Young Adult Mystery of Grief, Friendship, and Truth"
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# Playlist for the Dead: A Gut-Wrenching Young Adult Mystery of Grief, Friendship, and Truth

**Brand:** michelle falkoff
**Price:** 184 kr
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- **What is this?** Playlist for the Dead: A Gut-Wrenching Young Adult Mystery of Grief, Friendship, and Truth by michelle falkoff
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A poignant, thought-provoking and incredibly engaging story
  

*by F***N on Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2015*

Michelle Falkoff’s PLAYLIST FOR THE DEAD is a moving, thought-provoking, and wonderfully told story about a boy who’s trying to come to grips with his best and only friend’s suicide and understand just what his friend was trying to say through the playlist he made for him.It is a story that tackles a tough subject, but does so in a way that is not too heavy, yet still weighty enough for readers to make an emotional connection with the story and its characters and to give them a number of things to think about.It introduces a boy who is completely lost, alone, riddled with guilt, and desperate to understand what part he played in his friend’s decision. It follows him in the days and year after the suicide as he tries to interpret the meaning behind each song in the playlist and build a new life for himself.The author lets both readers and her main character, Sam, try and solve the puzzle together about just what led Hayden to choose to end his life. Through Sam’s memories, the memories of a few others who knew him, and the songs on Hayden’s playlist, readers will get to know Hayden, come to empathize with his struggles, and perhaps understand why he did what he did.And while this is in part a story about Hayden, it’s very much a story about Sam and everyone that Hayden left behind. PLAYLIST FOR THE DEAD focuses on what happens to those whose lives Hayden impacted, how they cope with the loss, how they adapt, how they survive.It is sad and sweet and heartfelt and heartbreaking. It asks the question “why,” and it reveals the answer in a way that feels a little bit like a mystery. It gives readers a peek into a friendship that was on the verge of changing, one with secrets, one that had its ups and downs, but one that still had a strong bond. And it invites readers to listen to the songs, which are announced at the beginning of each chapter, in order to feel even more connected.Michelle Falkoff created a likable and thoughtful and interesting character in Sam to tell her story through. He was shy and awkward, like Hayden, but he was also much stronger than his friend, making for a compelling narrative. She wrote a story with a number of important messages, quietly delivered, that will keep readers thinking long after the story’s end. Ideas about forgiveness, and blame, and vengeance, and acceptance.PLAYLIST FOR THE DEAD is a poignant and engaging and relatable story and one that is a must for readers who enjoy incredibly touching, coming-of-age stories and those who know just what it’s like to be in Sam’s shoes.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    great realistic fiction novel from this debut author
  

*by R***T on Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2015*

Mature-Content Rating: Language, Underage Drinking, Suicide, Mention of Homophobia, Violence“Apparently I wasn’t the only one who was finding people surprising these days. It made me wonder whether everyone had these secret lives, these aspects of themselves that didn’t match who they seemed to be.”Where to begin with this? For starters, don’t worry about the music. I did listen to some of the songs but it’s really not necessary to follow the story. The music has more to do with Sam and Hayden’s relationship than the actual storyline. The songs on the playlist are meant to help Sam understand why Hayden committed suicide, but after listening to it several times the songs only confuse him.During the story Sam finds that Hayden had other friends he didn’t know about and secrets he was keeping even from his best friend. The bullying everyone was aware of, but slowly though-out the book Sam is introduced to new characters and new perspectives of the fate filled night at the party.What I really loved about this book is that it’s psychologically light, but layered with the emotions those that are left behind face: guilt, blame, anger, sadness, loneliness, hopelessness. It could be possible that everyone and no one is to blame for Hayden’s death. The narrative by Sam also made me able to really understand his feelings at any point in the story. Just how a passage was written would leave me just as frustrated or confused as Sam. Bravo.What I didn’t like is, like in so many other YA  novels, the complete lack of parent interaction. It seems like a go-to fix-it for YA novelists if you need parents out of the way, then the kid has a no-show dad and mother who is either a) a waitress at a 24/7 dinner or b) a nurse with odd hours.Overall, Playlist for the Dead is a great realistic fiction novel from this debut author. I recommend it for anyone who likes psychological YA fiction that’s on the tragic side.www.readingbifrost.com

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    Rating: 4 Stars
  

*by S***K on Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2015*

I really enjoyed this book. I am not exactly sure why I felt "4 Stars" about it and not 5. I think maybe it was the ending or that I thought I should have felt more given the topic. Maybe it was because you think this is going to be a story about suicide, but it's a lot more. The first chapter is tough. Sam finds his best friend, really, his only friend dead. Then he finds the thumb drive with the playlist and a note from Hayden, saying it would explain everything. The bulk of this book is Sam trying to figure out why Hayden did it, but it is also a story of self discovery. Sam learns a lot about himself as he is trying to solve the mystery of Hayden's death. Each chapter is a song (great music, by the way). Each song is appropriately connected to different events in the story, some in real-time, some in flashbacks. I liked the variety of ways the past events were presented to us. The author did a good job of depicting many different types of characters, who defied stereotypes, but she also gave us those characters who looked like they had it all together on the surface, but were privately suffering. In my opinion, there is someone for almost everyone to identify with in this book.

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