4.0 out of 5 starsA bold, devilishly clever story of satire
By copa777 on February 7, 2016
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Spinning out of the satiric genius of Angela Page comes a delightful story we’ve never before encountered.
In a nutshell, heaven is not much as we imagined it, and indeed much is left to our fertile imagination. The underlying mythology of how heaven functions is in great part glossed over. We are allowed to imagine it ourselves, and to wonder how the nutty, crazy chaos of heaven truly operates.
Do we meet God and learn of some all-inclusive divine plan? Nope. Not to spoil the surprises, but there aren’t any traditional angels here either. I can’t recall if there are actually pearly gates, but there is an elevator.
Heaven, it turns out, is not an endlessly blissful existence, a reward for a life well lived. Instead it is full of characters vying for power, often bathed in jealousy, deceit, and regrets. Those negatives are balanced out by these freed souls trying to correct the mess they made with their spouses and family back on Earth.
Matched in Heaven doesn’t supply you with pre-made answers. This frees up your imagination to extrapolate, conjecture, and fill in the blanks. That is sort of wonderful in itself, isn’t it?
Most of the story revolves around the recently dead who led less than exemplary lives on Earth. However, they are given a chance to help fix the problems they caused during their Earthly existence.
The problems created by the recently deceased characters we meet are a cornucopia of imperfections. They didn’t just make the occasional bad choice during their Earthly life, they botched things up often beyond repair. They weren’t angels in real life and they’re not angels in heaven, either.
Matched in Heaven might remind some people of the Albert Brooks movie, “Defending Your Life”.undefined
By copa777 on February 7, 2016
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
Spinning out of the satiric genius of Angela Page comes a delightful story we’ve never before encountered.
In a nutshell, heaven is not much as we imagined it, and indeed much is left to our fertile imagination. The underlying mythology of how heaven functions is in great part glossed over. We are allowed to imagine it ourselves, and to wonder how the nutty, crazy chaos of heaven truly operates.
Do we meet God and learn of some all-inclusive divine plan? Nope. Not to spoil the surprises, but there aren’t any traditional angels here either. I can’t recall if there are actually pearly gates, but there is an elevator.
Heaven, it turns out, is not an endlessly blissful existence, a reward for a life well lived. Instead it is full of characters vying for power, often bathed in jealousy, deceit, and regrets. Those negatives are balanced out by these freed souls trying to correct the mess they made with their spouses and family back on Earth.
Matched in Heaven doesn’t supply you with pre-made answers. This frees up your imagination to extrapolate, conjecture, and fill in the blanks. That is sort of wonderful in itself, isn’t it?
Most of the story revolves around the recently dead who led less than exemplary lives on Earth. However, they are given a chance to help fix the problems they caused during their Earthly existence.
The problems created by the recently deceased characters we meet are a cornucopia of imperfections. They didn’t just make the occasional bad choice during their Earthly life, they botched things up often beyond repair. They weren’t angels in real life and they’re not angels in heaven, either.
Matched in Heaven might remind some people of the Albert Brooks movie, “Defending Your Life”.undefined