Eva's Reviews

Frog Music hits every bewitching note on key, a haunting immersion into 19th century San Francisco and the allure of an unsolved murder. Donoghue's writing is so vivid that you can feel the fumes of the scorching heat waves sweltering through Market Street and China Town as Blanche, a burlesque dancer, scrambles to find her son and bring justice to her dead friend. Raw, captivating, and thrilling.

Have a seat. Read the first chapter. It's literally two pages! Eagleman's inventive possibilities for the afterlife are thought-provoking, strangely twisted, and intricately unexpected. Instead of a morbid account of what might happen when we die, Eagleman, a neuroscientist, gives us 40 brief, evocative, and oddly fun chapters that put life into perspective.