![]() ![]() For example, because in Everlost “all things that have earned immortality remain forever in glory”, Shusterman puts himself in the enviable position of being able to offer recognition to real tragedies. But there are other aspects of the second book in Shusteman’s series that captivated my heart. The front inside flap of Everwild reveals that the limbo world is now at war, accounts of which are certainly engrossing. While Shusterman doesn’t, as I initially expected him to, pose questions about the specifics of heaven or hell or various recognized states of limbo, he does explore the BIG question about what happens after we die. As the tale continues to unravel, we learn that God hears prayers in Everlost and that there are also evil spirits. It isn’t purgatory or Nirvana, but is rather a completely new kind of limbo. Soon, Nick and Allie are introduced to the concept of inter-life, or that space between life and death. But instead of reaching that light, Nick and Allie bump into one another and awake in a forest clearing. Meet Nick and Allie, whose families’ cars crash head-on one fateful day, sending our hero and heroine hurtling down a tunnel towards a light. As such, and especially because this is a book by Neal Shusterman, who likes to pose grand questions, I read Everlost with the afterlife on my mind. The front inside flap of Everlost describes it as an imaginative novel that explores questions of life, death, and what might lie in between. ![]()
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